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Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
4.5
challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I had forgotten how much I love writing that can be both succint and superb (Eduardo Galeano is excellent at this as well). In such a brief novel, Claire Keegan captures the complexity of family dynamics and class inequality, leaving you introspecting (way more than you would like), about what makes a person, a good person.