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The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker

The Dreamers

by Karen Thompson Walker
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  • First Published:
  • Jan 15, 2019, 320 pages
  • Paperback:
  • Nov 2019, 336 pages
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Sandi W.

Everything in a dice cup
I enjoyed this book right up to the ending. I was disappointed in the ending. I felt like the author just bundled everything possible into a dice cup and threw it out there as an ending. Let it land wherever it may. I didn't feel any real closure there. Just - maybe this happened, maybe that happened. No rhyme or reason. I think that took away from the overall story for me.

I did enjoy most of the story and most of the characters. I felt the writing was good enough to push me on and keep me turning pages. I do wish that the reveal of what the illness was had been pushed further back in the book. I felt that the reveal was a little bit early in the story.

I enjoyed it enough, however, to read another one of her books.
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