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What the Fireflies Knew by Kai Harris

annlee0110's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

alyssahafen11's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional hopeful sad 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

4.0

notesonbookmarks's review against another edition

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4.0

I liked it!

suvata's review against another edition

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4.0

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#StoryGraph: fiction literary emotional reflective medium-paced
288 pages | first published 2022

In the vein of Jesmyn Ward’s Salvage the Bones and Sue Monk Kidd’s The Secret Life of Bees, a coming-of-age novel told by almost-eleven-year-old Kenyatta Bernice (KB), as she and her sister try to make sense of their new life with their estranged grandfather in the wake of their father’s death and their mother’s disappearance.

darbystouffer's review against another edition

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4.0

This one will sit with me for a while.

booknerdintexas's review against another edition

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emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

ccampbell's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

Great read!

tashalostinbooks's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

ldyluck's review against another edition

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2.0

Audiobook version.

This has the potential to be a great book. It felt like narrator was recording her very first read of the material.

The phrasing was sometimes awkward, the cadence was off, and the whole experience felt stiff. It was bad enough that I couldn't finish it.

I liked the story and the writing enough that I'll get a hard copy.

sjfarrell's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5