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MRS

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This book was requested by a previous Lesbrary reviewer who did not finish or review it. In order to keep my Netgalley feedback up to date, I am submitting this review marking it as a DNF, though it was another reviewer who requested this.

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I had a hard time reading this book due to the depressing subject storyline and wad not able to finish.

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I wanted to love this book, but I have to accept that after 5 years, im not going to Finish it . It was just too slow and not really what I was expecting.

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Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for letting me review this book!

First off this book is about three very depressing women. I personally found it very hard to follow with the writing. I think if you like the different outlooks on a depressed view then you would enjoy this book. I however did not which is perfectly fine, but it made it very hard to finish reading.

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Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for sending this book to me!

Pretty good read. It got boring at times though. My main issue: Why is this book labelled as LGBTQ+ if the only LGBT character died to further the story of another character?

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This book tells the story of 3 very depressed and depressing women.

The writing style is slow and fragmentary and really made it difficult to connect with the characters. I wanted something to happen in their lives, some kind of change to keep me going but nothing happened or changed and I couldn't keep going.

I received a copy of this book for free from Netgalley, in exchange for an honest review.

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I found this book confusing and disjointed and just couldn't finish it. Definitely not my cup of tea sorry

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Interesting read . I actually enjoyed reading this story. Thank you netgallery for providing me with an advance copy of this book

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great read awesome writing i really enjoyed this author and this book i would reccomend to other for sure

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This was an interesting read. It cycled through multiple viewpoints and did a great job of juggling those differing views without losing the reader. It kept me engaged and turning the pages

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http://readdayandnight.blogspot.com/2018/02/books-i-read-in-2017-part-3.html

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This book did a great job of dancing between multiple characters and what they go through. It was a great read, and caught my interest right away.

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It was a great and intreasting read . great character summary and good plot. Loved it.

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Interesting book. I liked the way the story changes and is told from a new viewpoint with each chapter but at times i found i had to stop reading and think about it for a second to remember what character was whom and what their story was. (That's just me.. others may not have this issue.) I would have to remember the pattern the story went in. I also thought that each Dear Hope question before the beginning of the chapter would be a hint to what was going to happen in that chapter; sometimes i would be right - but sometimes i wouldn't be. I'm glad there as variety to it. This was a good read - I found some things that happened in the story to be a tad predictable but there was alot of elements that were surprising. Some parts of the story felt rushed and I wished for more backstory and/or more character development but it was because i fell in love with the characters and wanted to know more about them. I hope there's another book and that this is going to be a series, I am very interested in seeing how it plays out if there's another book! And I NEED to know about that necklace and how it came to be where it was!!!

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It's hard to review and rate a book that I almost abandoned in the first chapter, but persevered and went to mostly enjoy. I would have rated it higher, but the only LGBT character in the book dies and serves no purpose except to further the story of one of the protagonists. Just thinking about it makes me want to take away another star...

The story is about three women, Rory, Mims and Sarah, each of them going through major crises in their lives and how they navigate through them and come out on top. I thought there would be a closer connection between the three of them, but there wasn't. I also wasn't sure what the Hope Jackson connection added to the story (or even if it was needed) -- in retrospect, I think this was an underdeveloped motif in the book.

Rory's story was the one I found most difficult to understand -- she starts off as flaky and irresponsible, in thousands of pounds of credit card debt, but somehow manages to pull off an immensely popular website. How that happens or how she pays off her debt is all left unexplained.

There were a few errors -- for example, Mims is shown as having an office in her home but then, suddenly, she is driving back from a session.

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This book contained the mixed narratives of three women and their current life situation and heartache. I really enjoyed these women's stories and I enjoyed the way they all tied neatly together in the end.

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I was a little sceptical about the three women it followed however the book came together very nicely. I was surprised to find myself invested in them all in different ways understanding their plight and relating to them all I different ways. I chuckled in parts and shed a few tears in others.

Overall a well written, cleverly plotted out book. I very much enjoyed reading it.

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I was not able to complete this novel, as I tried to read it 4 different times and it was not for me. I could not relate and I wasn't drawn in. Very sad because I liked the synopsis.

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Unfortunately I can't read this title. The formatting in the Kindle version with the soft returns means that I lose my train of thought every 3 seconds, which isn't conducive to a thoughtful book review. And I've tried the Adobe version and on my phone it is tiny, and apparently has no possible font size adjustment. I can't read this to review it.

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This is my first ever book by by this author. I found her writing style a little confusing, the way she started her chapters with Dear Hope it read more like a problem page than a novel. But then maybe that was what she wanted.

The book concentrates on three main characters. I feel maybe the author could have written three separate books and got rid off the fragmentation. The three characters are Sarah who is suffering from a broken marriage and has two sons. Mims is suffering from grief and is married to Steve. Rory is a jew who is trying hard to stop her destructive ways.

Now that you see the characters and their issues maybe you will now understand what I meant by fragmented. Hope Jackson who you are introduced too at the beginning is dead and they are somehow all connected. Hope being some kind of guru who they all depend on. I am also not sure if this book should be in lesbian fiction because you only get a brief encounter with Sarah's eldest son and then nothing. Also, Mims is portrayed as by sexual but nothing is developed nor invested in.

I found the book very hard work. I actually contemplated not finishing it but my internal stubbornness to finish what I start kicked in so I persevered. What I found at the end was not a bad story about three different women but I am still not convinced the stories were complete. Grey tended to start a thread, drop it, return to it much later then drop it again.

I'm not sure if I would recommend this book. If I did I would like to see certain editorial improvements. Even those to make it an easier read and maybe more of an introduction of what you are getting into. Enjoy!


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