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All the Walls of Belfast by Sarah Carlson
4.0

This was so good! I adored this book. Fiona and Danny were both such well developed characters and I loved the family dynamic each of them was dealing with. I also really enjoyed the cultural element to this book. It's not own voices (the author is American) and I am American, so I can't speak for accuracy, but purely from a writing standpoint, she captured the culture so well. I adored reading it.

My main issue was just that it was a little short and felt a little to fast paced. The relationship happened very quickly and as invested as I was in both of their character's individually, I didn't care so much for the relationship. Danny also struggled with a lot of contradictory feelings and it seemed like he came to terms with things very quickly. I just wish there'd been more time to give to some of these deeper issues.

But overall, it was so wonderful and I would highly recommend this book.