Sequel not quite as good IMO but still a fun read when I needed one!
Not a happy book but one of the best Iāve read in recent years.
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Let me know if you need more rom com recs. If you can handle dark romantic comedy, Butcher and Blackbird is very good.
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Iāve read the former and had forgotten there was a sequel. Thanks!
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Youād probably like the Crow Investigation series by Sarah Painter. Some woo-woo stuff, but an engrossing read.
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Iād had my eye on The Sisters by Jonas Hassen Khemeri, but was a bit put off by its heft. It kept ending up on lists (like National Book Award), so I finally bought it, brought it home, and got it off my nightstand. I liked it and would enthusiastically recommend it ā selectively.
The writing is excellent, and it very thoughtfully and insightfully touches on/explores a lot of very āhuman conditionā themes, from sibling relationships, friendship, parental influence, reality vs myth, mental illness, identity, being an outsider in a relatively homogeneous society, etc. This, through the exploration of the characters - 3 sisters of Swedish-Tunisian descent and a neighbor who is drawn to them, kept me quite engaged for the 600+ pages, but if youāre looking for more plot (although there are a couple of unexpected twists), this is unlikely to be your book! In fact, itās a credit to the author that his charactersā lives can be such gripping story-telling.
I imagine that several folks on this thread would enjoy this. At the same time, Iām struggling a bit to think of who I might pass this on to.
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