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The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
1.0

DNF at 87 pages. This felt like the outline of a book rather than an actual novel. A book proposal. I thought it would be cute but it was totally unsatisfying. The author threw in so many elements to try to make her reader feel something, without actually putting in the effort to create the feeling. They are banking on the cute and sad to evoke emotions rather than developing emotions gradually.