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Love this. It was so different from most of what I have been reading lately. It tells the multigenerational story of a family and ponders genetics. What is inherited what isn’t? Nature vs nurture but also the ethics of messing with genetics. It was a good one- very interesting story.

jhinz57's review against another edition

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slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes

3.0

bogden510's review against another edition

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emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

ambershelf's review against another edition

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3.0

ARC gifted by the publisher @aaknopf (I didn’t include this line the first time writing this review and Goodreads sent an email saying they will remove this post. I have since included this gift disclosure.)

What I liked
-the writing is easy to read (it took me ~5 hours to finish)
-interesting ideas here and there (unfortunately none are fully-developed. See next part)
-I can see this being a good book club book. Lots of interesting topics for discussion! (I can see BOTM picking this for April/May

ebb0's review against another edition

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emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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