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Title: Ask Again, YesAuthor: Mary Beth Keane
Published: 2019
Language: English
Pages: 400
Rating: 5/5
Summary:
Two NYPD cops move to the suburbs and become neighbours and the story in here is about these two families relationship, what happens behind closed doors in both homes, the lifelong friendship between their children and a horrible incident that breaks them all apart.
Review:
I've had this book recommended to me a lot and after having read it, I can say the recommendation was spot on. I loved this!
This book is about family, forgiveness, trauma, addiction, mental illness, love and so much more. I loved getting to know our characters in here; each one feels complex, complicated and interesting and I loved how the book explored them and the relationships between them. There is so much emotion in these pages and I loved following our characters through all these years.
It is a quiet story in a lot of ways and I think that works well for this type of story. It's readable, full of detail and even though it sometimes jumps around when it comes to characters and time, I never felt confused or like we skipped over anything important, even when we skip several years forwards in time in a few sentences.
This is an absolutely perfect read for lovers of Celeste Ng (I read Little Fires Everywhere earlier this year and I loved it), so if you like literary fiction, family dramas and character driven stories, this is a must read! One of the best books I've read this year.
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