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Fiction

The Blue Flower

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8. Stopped reading halfway through for those reasons

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Wed Aug 28, 2019, 09:01 AM

Aug 2019

I grew up in central Florida at a time when most homes didn't have a/c. The snakes, the mold, the insects, the disease resulting from them are very real. Yes, it's fiction, but it isn't science fiction.

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"Where the Crawdads Sing". ***SPOILERS*** [View all] raccoon Aug 2019 OP

Haven't read it yet, but CommonSenseMom Aug 2019 #1

I absolutely loved all the words in All the Light We Cannot See. All the incredible metaphors! rainy Aug 2019 #6

The key word is "fiction". Callalily Aug 2019 #2

I am with you one this one... Freedomofspeech Aug 2019 #3

The only book I hated more was WhiteTara Aug 2019 #4

I didn't care for that one either. Nt raccoon Aug 2019 #5

So true. No way anyone who was aware of her situation would have stood by and let her live like rainy Aug 2019 #7

Stopped reading halfway through for those reasons The Blue Flower Aug 2019 #8

Good book. Highly recommend still_one Aug 2019 #9

I enjoyed it in spite of some believably issues. CrispyQ Aug 2019 #10

Grew up in supposed locale -- awful book unc70 Aug 2019 #11

Thanks for your post. I grew up in lowcountry SC raccoon Aug 2019 #12

And YES to Hurricane Hazel. I grew up in tidewater VA in the 1950s and Hurricane japple Aug 2019 #14

And I think crawdads is what they are called in Louisiana, and japple Aug 2019 #15

I didn't even last one chapter. Having lived in NC for 25 years although in the mountains, japple Aug 2019 #13

So interesting. Haven't read it, but wondered at its bestsellerdom. mainer Sep 2019 #16