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Set the Night on Fire by Libby Fischer Hellmann

sharonfalduto's review against another edition

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A workable book with a great idea behind it. Starts in the present day, talking about the actions of a group of aged 1960s radicals. My favorite part of the book was the meat of it, when we were back in the 1960s and the kids were doing their radical hippie SDS type stuff; the things that the book hints are coming back to haunt them in the future. Unfortunately we head back to the present for a fairly implausible ending. Also, in the cover photo, the author looks like an angry lesbian biker. Why is this necessary?

literarybelleoftheball's review

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3.0

This book left a bit to be desired. I was really looking forward to reading more about Lila's story, but it ended up being more about the 1960's friend group. While the book was still really well written and I think you should check it out, it just wasn't what I expected.
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