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Average rating3.8
The story stared out very slowly but I was immediately into the characters. But then it never really sped up and the characters, mainly Ruth didn't really grow and stayed the way they were, which wasn't very nice or lovable. I also found most of the side characters quite boring.
I liked the mystery of why things happened that way at Hailsham but then the ending was a little underwhelming. Although I did think it make a big impact. Because the carers they spoke to were so very wrong. They felt so right but they were still scared of them. They sort of felt like they should feel a certain way and fought for that but they didn't see them as fully fledged people with souls. It felt so wrong and icky when reading it but it was so well done. Miss Lucy was right in the end and they got to know that.
So I had a hard time getting through this book and didn't really love it but I think the ending is really well done, although it makes the whole story feel a bit pointless. But then maybe that's the point, I don't know