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The Bee Sting
Paul Murray
★★★★· Published 2023· 645 pages
An Irish family unravels one member at a time, each section funnier and sadder than the last, building to an ending I'm still not over. Long but I inhaled it.
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Never Let Me Go
Kazuo Ishiguro
Boarding-school kids whose purpose slowly, quietly reveals itself. Devastating in the calmest possible way.
★ 5In Memoriam
Alice Winn
A devastating and gorgeous WWI story about two teenage boys who fall in love in the trenches. It will wreck you. If you finished Shuggie Bain, Demon Copperhead, and/or The Heart’s Invisible Furies, and wanted more, this one’s for you.
★ 5And the Mountains Echoed
Khaled Hosseini
Hosseini spanning generations and continents from one act of separation. He always wrecks me.