![]() ![]() ![]() This is not to say Cord's difficulties with his family or everyone else aren't well done. And I guess I'm of the 'fuck-em' mindset. So in the end, the happy ending wasn't theirs, but everyone else seeing that Cord was a solid dude and treated Anne well. I thought the truth and the strength in this story was Anne insistence that was the case, everyone else be damned. And largely, the aim of this book felt like it was trying to make everyone else ok with Anne and Cord, and that Cord was just, like, the best ever. There would've been more impact, in a sense, if some of the situations had been more simmering, ongoing, and not so constantly in-my-face over and over again. Like a weird lack of cohesiveness where I'd be making my way through this lovely and difficult journey of the couple's romance only to be slimed again with the same type of situation I read 10 pages ago. ![]() In general, while I think this book was something special, it felt like a whole lot of rinse and repeat. There was a certain lack of subtlety until certain events, or certain events brought out a different kind of racism/terror/issues. ![]() While I don't question the reality, I didn't like the lack of the novelty of the situations facing Anne and Cord. The first 10% or so were wonderful and engaging, then about the next 30-40% slowed way down for me. There were things I loved about this story and things I didn't. ![]()
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