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charleseliot's review against another edition
4.0
Book Five of the Tales of the City series, in which Mary Ann becomes insufferable, her marriage to Brian is stressed even more, and Michael starts to move on with his life. As always, the best moments are in the dialogs. The plot and settings are almost as loopy as Further Tales of the City, but handled much more deftly. And the scene where a posse of nine-year-old boys rescues a seventy-year-old man from the clutches of the Wimmenwood Festival's insane security chief is inspired and hilarious.
carrie_white_87's review against another edition
3.0
Perfect plane read. Continuously enjoyable, with characters that I feel like I actually “know”. The fact that this kept my attention beyond those screaming kids is remarkable…
jenswagner's review against another edition
3.0
3.5 but this one was disappointing because Mary Ann turned terrible in a joke about how she’s just leaning in to the 80s. Other stuff also sat strangely with me/went over my head a little…
gommette's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
informative
reflective
relaxing
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.0
L'anglais était très intéressant bien qu’alambiqué. L'histoire est plutôt originale
itsalexcuriel's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
cissy_'s review against another edition
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
imthechez's review against another edition
5.0
Future pets will be named either Michael "Mouse" Tolliver, Tolli for short, or Babycakes. I LOOOOOVE this series.
jennmag_reads's review against another edition
4.0
Feeling sad about having only one more left to read in the series.