In the spirit of lack of conflict, I just had to reply to some posts where we are in agreement about this book
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Originally Posted by Bookworm_Girl
[...] This discussion has been great. It has helped me understand and appreciate the book more. I think I would have a completely different experience to read this book a second time. [...]
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Originally Posted by Bookpossum
It was my second reading of the book and I did enjoy it, though not as much as I did the first time. But it did let me concentrate on the simplicity of Kathy's narration, and to consider who she thinks her audience is.
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I am looking forward to reading this again before too long. I want to know what else I missed, and I want to know how it feels on a second read. I think the experience of this discussion, both the agreements and the disagreements, will make the second time through very interesting.
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Originally Posted by Bookpossum
[...] Her style is artless and in many ways she seems a lot younger than 30 or so. (She has been a carer for 12 years, which would make her about that age.) Again, I accept that that is a reflection of her limited education and interaction with anyone other than her fellow clones.
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I found her style a perfect match to the story being told. It helped me to see that the perspective was limited and I think this, over the first few chapters, adjusted my expectations for extra detail or sci-fi-like elaborations and so let me more readily accept the story as written.