missrosymaplemoth's reviews
183 reviews

I enjoyed how this book made me feel. Contrary to the premise it felt like a pleasant read. It could have done without the meta Shakespeare and Romeo & Juliet references, but I’m glad

they lived

. I liked reading a challenged book with important dialogue about social justice issues.

A beautiful and heartbreaking story about a girl experiencing loss and grief. It made me smile, and even cry. Not quite 5 stars only because the story before part two got confusing at times. I would recommend this to upper middle grade readers.

I will come back to re-read this soon and do the written exercises. I learned a lot about the history and development of the concept of race and how it effected people in the past and how it continues in the present.

Really cute and a pleasantly easy read. It could have gone without the pop culture references, but my only major complaint is that I quickly got annoyed with how often it was emphasized how big Levi was and how adorably cute and small Bee was. Other than that it was a nice book. I liked it more than TLH and I’m not sure why.

Heartbreaking and beautifully written. The narrator didn’t seem like the best fit for the book, but I still enjoyed and was touched by the book.

I liked the writing style and enjoyed the storyline. Once the journal subplot started, I found the book hard to put down. I loved Alberta’s character, and I don’t think I’ve ever read a book about an LGBT+ adoptive family of color. Well deserved as a Rebecca Caudill nominee.

I really have to start looking for trigger warnings. I can’t read stuff like this. 

A solid 3.5. It didn’t become a page-turner that I expect from most mysteries/thrillers until the 75% mark.

At times, the writing style made it hard to distinguish between any of the women except for Joni, especially in the beginning. I also noticed the frequent use of very specific words such as “sluice” which took me out of the story a bit.

It took me awhile to piece together the different storylines, but I thought it was clever and done well. A bit too much exposition in the beginning, but once you get past that the storyline does pick up. I did empathize with Joni, but I was still annoyed at her most of the time. I was not expecting the ending and my jaw dropped.

I would recommend this book to mystery fans and especially to those looking to get into the genre.

I liked Sunny, I just couldn’t get into it like I did Ghost and Patina. I liked Sunny’s personality. I liked that he cried and made it normal for him to cry as a young kid, because boys (and men) shouldn’t be afraid to express their emotions. Stellar narrator.

Fun to read and fast-paced. I didn’t understand the point of a lot of the middle of the book. I also thought the ending was slightly anticlimactic. I still enjoyed it.