Cover Image: The Shape of Us

The Shape of Us

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This story was confusing from the first couple of pages. I could not stand the way the stories were broken up and the short blurbs of madness in a voice that couldn't be identified. There were rambled sections that seemed to be a blog, but I couldn't understand their purpose. Daisy sent texts/emails/a telegram (that still exists in London?) and sounded like a complete lunatic stalker. It made no sense! The story of the wife trying to get her husband back from the pregnant mistress? What on earth was that about? Oh! And the guy that apparently had a meltdown when he lost his job and hid out in an office building for months? I didn't understand a bit of it.

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I picked this book because of the cover. I love the cover. I liked the idea of what the book was trying to accomplish, and I think that the circle of people in the book makes the phrase "it's a small world" pretty on point. The book itself wasn't really my cup of tea.

I thought there were too many characters, I like to read a book and if I put it down, when I pick it up again I just want to pick up where I left off without struggling to remember which character was who and what their storyline was. I would finally get into what was happening with a character and want to continue on, and it would cut off, and switch to another one, and it made it very very hard not to skim until I got back to that other character, so I would read that, struggle to remember the storyline, and get into it again just to have it cut off, I felt like I was getting whiplash. The author did a good job of weaving the characters in their circle and how each were connected in a 7 degrees sort of way, but I was hoping for more, a bigger finish, something. The book was like a bunch of short stories that was cut up and mixed to make a bigger story, but I'm not a fan of short stories, but I think that someone who likes variety and cute little books with a love of things London, would enjoy this book.

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I always enjoy books where they follow several characters and how their lives intertwine and this book was no exception. I think that when challenged, people remember how strong they are and I especially found it in Jojo. The love story between Daisy and Chris helped the reader remember what it is like to fight for something that we truly want.. This was an enjoyable read with the dash of British humor that I always enjoy.

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To be honest, this one didn't work for me. The writing was like reading a play or manuscript. It didn't flow for me.

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