Did I buy this book just for the cover? Well, yes, but that's not the point. The true beauty of this book is the characters themselves who draw you in like magnets until you're speed reading every page to see what happens next. So many times I saw myself in these characters and multiple times I found myself physically shouting at the book. E.g. "WHY THE FUCK DID YOU GO BACK TO HIM"
I immediately want to read the rest of Zevin's creations. What a joy.
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MiffyHelen rated David Copperfield's History of Magic: 5 stars
David Copperfield's History of Magic by Richard Wiseman, David Copperfield, David Britland, and 1 other
MiffyHelen rated The Da Vinci Code: 3 stars
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown (Robert Langdon, #2)
An ingenious code hidden in the works of Leonardo da Vinci. A desperate race through the cathedrals and castles of …
MiffyHelen rated The Bullet That Missed: 4 stars
The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman (The Thursday Murder Club, #3)
Except trouble is never far away where the Thursday Murder Club is concerned. A decade-old cold case leads them to …
MiffyHelen rated Experiencing the Impossible: 4 stars
Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life by Emily Nagoski
For much of the 20th and 21st centuries, women’s sexuality was an uncharted territory in science, studied far less frequently—and …
MiffyHelen rated Art & artifice and other essays on illusion: 4 stars
MiffyHelen rated Stories We Tell Ourselves: 4 stars
In this exhilarating novel, two friends--often in love, but never lovers--come together as creative partners …
Review of 'Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
MiffyHelen rated Wind, Sand and Stars: 4 stars
Wind, Sand and Stars by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
A lyrical account of the author’s time as a pilot flying the dangerous mail routes across the Sahara and the …
MiffyHelen rated Mini Habits: 3 stars
Review of "Summary of Andreas M. Antonopoulos's the Internet of Money" on 'Goodreads'
1 star
Good lord, that was 123 pages of this guy masturbating furiously over bitcoin. I still have no idea how bitcoin works or why it's so great, only that it's of great use to Kenyan seed farmers. (Can you actually buy seeds with cryptocurrency? He didn't say...) This book is for bitcoin fanatics already in the loop so they can be told how great they are for sticking it to the man. If you want an explanation of how it works and the positive and negative effects of such technology, this absolutely isn't it.
MiffyHelen rated The Blue Fox: 3 stars
The Blue Fox by Sjón
The Blue Fox (Icelandic: Skugga-Baldur) is a 2003 novel by Icelandic writer Sjón. The book was originally published by Bjartur …
MiffyHelen rated Star Wars: Champions of the Force: 4 stars
Star Wars: Champions of the Force by Kevin J. Anderson (The Jedi Academy Trilogy)
As the New Republic continues its struggle for survival, a scattered but powerful remnant of the shattered Empire seeks to …
