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Foster by Claire Keegan

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katedemass's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

justchioma's review against another edition

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4.0

I'm beginning to think Claire Keegan is a genius.
Small things like these I considered beautiful
Foster which I basically just finished reading is also wonderful. Ugh. I love it.
Looking forward to reading other of her works.

lauraowen's review against another edition

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emotional reflective sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

keatonmcn's review

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5.0

not gonna lie i sobbed

hjrey's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful mysterious reflective relaxing sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

She says what she has to say and no more. May there be many like her.

Mini Review

About: A little girl from a large, poor family in Ireland is sent away to foster parents in order to ease some of their financial troubles. She doesn't know how long she'll be away. She doesn't know the couple taking her in, or the farm, or anything at all about her new life. Only that she must accept it.

Thoughts
I don't have much to say about this book because it is such a short story. It doesn't feel like a lot of time passes but enough does pass for it to have a huge impact on our main character and her foster parents. The relationship between them is so sweet to watch develop and I really loved Keegan's voice throughout. She picks small moments and stretches them so that you can feel the changes happening to this little girl's world bit by bit.

What I felt was missing though was some stronger connections to her old life. The family she was born into felt like faded memories from the very beginning and I wished they'd been in sharper focus so that I could appreciate the contrast at the end.

Verdict
This is sad and sweet and pulled me in with such ease. Highly recommend the audiobook of this.