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Kelly Mustian

Auteur de The Girls in the Stilt House

1 oeuvres 335 utilisateurs 14 critiques

Œuvres de Kelly Mustian

The Girls in the Stilt House (2021) 335 exemplaires

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Very good story of 2 unlikely companions living together in the deep south in the 20's. Amongst prejudice, family problems, a murder and some unsavory characters, the girls need to navigate life together.
 
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mcorbink | 13 autres critiques | Mar 27, 2024 |
 
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PKolb | 13 autres critiques | Sep 10, 2023 |
While I kept on reading this book just to see what would happen, I found it to be somewhat improbable, which kept those critical thoughts at the forefront of my mind. The novel takes place in the 20s in the bayou country of Louisiana. Ada is a white girl who has run away but returned pregnant to her abusive father's home. She is eventually rescued, in a manner of speaking, by a black girl who teaches her what she needs to know to make it on her own. I was sorry for the girls and the lives that they had experienced, and I wanted them to succeed in everything they did. That kept me reading.… (plus d'informations)
 
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hobbitprincess | 13 autres critiques | Jun 19, 2023 |
Not sure why so much hype and praise has been given to this book.
The writing is fine, but it was difficult to really care about the two main characters as they were not well developed, and became stereotypes of what you would expect.
The bigger problem is this is the authors first book. Prior to this she has written short stories.
This should have been around 125-150 pages. Instead it is 350 pages. Yes basically 200 pages of filler that add very little to the story. Too much of this book just dragged on and on and nothing happened.
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zmagic69 | 13 autres critiques | Mar 31, 2023 |

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Œuvres
1
Membres
335
Popularité
#71,019
Évaluation
3.9
Critiques
14
ISBN
12

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