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dayseraph's review against another edition
2.0
Clem is absolutely unbearable. I could have gotten past some of the other things that annoyed me in this read, because there is a somewhat charming story in there somewhere, but Clem. Ugh.
pattydsf's review against another edition
3.0
I wish I had not been so distracted while I read this. Lovely story.
jessholte's review against another edition
2.0
I don’t think I like a single one of these characters
michellekmartin's review against another edition
2.0
While, at times, I enjoyed Stranger and Cousins I found that it really dragged for me. Cohen certainly writes about the mundaneness of family life in an interesting way but it felt like too much for me at times. I did, however, enjoy her commentary on the way that our families define and shape us and how we can come to question those things as we begin to come of age and form our own beliefs. Cohen can certainly write, I just wanted a little more action in this one. ⠀
novelesque_life's review against another edition
3.0
RATING: 2.5 STARS
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This novel started out with so much promise, but 90 pages in I was a bit confused and started to get tired of keeping up with the story. It is well-written in that the prose is beautiful, but I just didn't gel with the story and characters as I thought I would. I would try another book by the author.
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This novel started out with so much promise, but 90 pages in I was a bit confused and started to get tired of keeping up with the story. It is well-written in that the prose is beautiful, but I just didn't gel with the story and characters as I thought I would. I would try another book by the author.
findyourgoldenhour's review against another edition
3.0
Barely 3. The summary of the story should be a home run for me, but the writing was so stilted and disjointed it often felt like a slog. I wanted to love it but by the end I was glad to be able to pick up something else. That said, the actual story was good and brought out deeper questions to consider about community and who gets to decide how it evolves. And I really liked the characters! The characters felt very real. Sigh. This could’ve been a home run.
jtlars7's review against another edition
4.0
Really good, with a full cast of richly imagined characters.
emgusk's review against another edition
4.0
I liked this a lot. The parts with the mice were creative and how she wrote from the perspective of Aunt Glad was really beautiful. I imagined it all like a play.
mbondlamberty's review against another edition
3.0
Perhaps it is because at this moment in my life (our lives?) I would like either pleasure or knowledge from the books I read and this one gave me neither I gave it 3 stars. Or was it that all the characters were just too precious, just too self-involved. The writing was descriptive, but left me wanting more details. It wasn't really a page turner but nor was it uninteresting. I did finish it which I don't always do, but not necessarily going to seek out other books by this author. But at the same time how do you compete with the Black Lives Movement and a pandemic for bandwidth, so perhaps it is too much to ask of a book?