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lizshayne 's review for:
If Found, Return to Hell
by Em X. Liu
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
So my biggest issue with this book was that I had somehow filed it in my head as a romance recommendation and it is not a romance, although what it is is adorable. But by the time I realized that it wasn't the thing I thought it was, I was also 3/4s of the way through the book and just going to finish it.
That's not the book's fault at all, but it definitely impacted my experience. (Isn't it annoying how you can get entered into a contract with the reader without, you know, getting into a contract with the reader.)
My second biggest issue was that it was written in second person and I just can't.
However, if you*—gentle reader—go in expecting an adorable found family story that is also a critique of how kindness gets lost when institutionalized and don't mind second person, you may find that this is the book for you.
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*Yes, obviously, second person is fine in nonfiction. It's in fiction I hate it. I don't like when books tell me what I'm doing when I'm manifestly not.
That's not the book's fault at all, but it definitely impacted my experience. (Isn't it annoying how you can get entered into a contract with the reader without, you know, getting into a contract with the reader.)
My second biggest issue was that it was written in second person and I just can't.
However, if you*—gentle reader—go in expecting an adorable found family story that is also a critique of how kindness gets lost when institutionalized and don't mind second person, you may find that this is the book for you.
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*Yes, obviously, second person is fine in nonfiction. It's in fiction I hate it. I don't like when books tell me what I'm doing when I'm manifestly not.