** spoiler alert ** I can understand the controversy, but I really loved this book. I’m still coming to terms with Beto, what heartbreak. I’ve googled La Bestia, I feel completely comfortable, so lazy, privileged and entitled. The book couldn’t have hit me harder
I was never one to read the dictionary growing up. Even when I started reading this I was like ‘what hasn’t there just always been..’ I have never thought about what is in the dictionary and who’s meaning is in there. This book was such an eye opener for me. I loved it and appreciate
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I didn’t love it, but I am very familiar with Nancy Wakes story. I usually love a disjointed narrative, but I felt this one jumped around unnecessarily. I didn’t connect with her resistance colleagues, I don’t remember there being so many of them in real life…I didn’t think we needed all the bedroom details with
I loved it once I sat down and kept reading! I couldn’t get into the swing just reading a few tired pages…there are SO many people!! And FYI that family tree would have been helpful to remember… But once I was in I was completely there for it, loved the holidays and the business, loved
I’m still thinking about this one. There are so many scenes that made a lasting impression. The bath, the belt and bearing witness all had me in tears. This is a beautifully written book. The scenery is just beautiful and the language captures it perfectly. I loved Handful and Sarah. I could feel the friendship
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Whoooow! What a book!!! Such a nail biter!! Thrillers are not my genre, and I was so worried for Emily…that was so scary!! But it was also so much more. It’s such an escape; the book is set on the most beautiful picturesque, remote (😱) land that was just so different from my winter Sydney
I didn’t like this book or the characters at all while I was reading it. Self absorbed, young and the will they/ won’t they just wasn’t for me…I’m in a whole different age bracket and life than what this book is concerned with…I just didn’t care about anybody…I liked the style just not the people…But
Such a lovely read! I love Rachael Johns novels and this just confirms the love! Characters with backstories, side stories and futures you can imagine x I loved the romance being played out and the sense family connection and community spirit. I loved Eliza the ghost and the stitch and bitch. Wish it were double
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Absolutely loved it! Loved Hattie, Walter and Murray so much, I could have read triple the length and been so happy. I love seeing their personalities and histories shine through turns of phrases and little everyday actions. I loved the story line and the mystery of Sister Who and the fun of the night owls.
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Just a fun one!!! I’m completely a closet royalist.. you just forget there was ever a time Kate and Will weren’t any old married couple, it wasn’t really the book I was after; I wanted romance and the true love of a prince (and to know how the Middletons feel about their creativity and hard
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