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Book Review of The Kindness of Strangers

The Kindness of Strangers
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Helpful Score: 2


I read so many reviews of this that claimed it was the best book they've read this year. I think that's overstating things a bit, unless people are reading absolutely horrible literature! Honestly, it wasn't a bad book but certainly not the best I've read. It reminded me a lot of Jodi Picoult's books, to be honest. Horrible, depressing, unthinkable, awful situation involving a child, some big-hearted people stepping in to help, a delinquent becoming a mature adult... It was definitely readable (I finished it within 24 hours) and hard to put down, but I think calling it the best book of the year is overstating things.