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Auringon sisar by Lucinda Riley

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pia_11_08's review against another edition

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emotional reflective

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

anne_verhoef's review against another edition

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adventurous hopeful slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? N/A
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

katekate_reads_'s review against another edition

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2.0

I’ve really enjoyed the Seven Sisters series so far and have recommended it to many friends. However I can’t recommend The Sun Sister with the same wholehearted enthusiasm.

Electra is the 6th sister and is an international model - but despite appearing to have it all on the outside she is painfully lonely and is addicted to drugs and alcohol, always needing to numb herself. After experiencing an overdose, she agrees to go to rehab.

While she was initially uninterested in finding anything about her family - her grandmother gets in touch and she decides to read Pa Salt’s letter and listen to her story. We are transported to the 1940s and a woman named Cecily who travels from New York to Kenya.

As we are used to by this point in the series - we follow both threads of Electra in 2008 and Cecily from the 1940s on to learn how they are connected. The plot was interesting but I think the topic of race was not handled well. It seemed to be implying that racism is gone by 2008 and Electra was so lucky to be living in a world where it was no longer an issue.

However as I read this there are protests throughout the US about police brutality and the death of George Floyd. It’s painfully clear that nothing has changed since the protest depicted in the book in the 1940s/1950s. Racism is still a huge problem in America and I wish this had been better handled in the present (2008) storyline.

I also felt Electra’s addiction recovery wasn’t always handled the best way either. Being pushed into a situation she was saying was too much for her doesn’t feel right.

I am really disappointed - I wanted to love this book as much as I have the rest of the series and for the first half I thought I would.

Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for a free copy to read and review.

liekewae's review against another edition

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inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

cosmosbooks's review against another edition

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2.0

Endlich fertig!
Dieses Buch musste keine 820 Seiten lang sein, wirklich nicht.

Mein Interesse an der Geschichte begann irgendwo in der Nähe von Seite 400, was eigentlich viel zu lange gedauert hat. Normalerweise hätte ich das Buch abgebrochen, aber ich will diese Buchreihe jetzt irgendwie noch zu Ende bringen.

Das Buch setzt sich unter anderem mit Rassismus und Kolonialgeschichte auseinander, aber hat dabei selbst so viele Passagen, die sich rassistisch anfühlten. Sehr unangenehm zu lesen.

Ich will jetzt nicht spoilern, was genau, aber es wurde an einer Stelle einfach schon wieder genau derselbe trope benutzt wie in ALLEN Teilen vorher. It’s getting boring…

lisam0183_bookworm's review against another edition

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4.0

I have loved this series so much, but this is the first that I cannot give 5 stars for. It's my least favourite.

It just didn't hold my attention as much as the others until about 3 quarters through.

Electra annoyed me from the very beginning, but I had really warmed to her by the end after understanding where she had come from and what caused her to live her life the way she did.

All the other characters annoyed me in one way or another. I honestly could have grabbed hold of Cecily by the shoulders so many times and shook her. However, if it wasn't for her Stella would not have survived.