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4.0

I enjoyed this book, some interesting ideas to stew on. Some things were a bit predictable and I would have liked some more on how she functioned that way in the world; things we take for granted by having an identity. But overall, I did really like it.

"No, Adeline has decided she would rather be a tree, like Estele. If she must grow roots, she would rather be left to flourish wild instead of pruned, would rather stand alone, allowed to grow beneath the open sky. Better that than firewood, cut down just to burn in someone else's hearth."