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Cover of Book, Roxy (words spelled Rx Oxy) there's a figure falling and another, larger figure looming over them

“Do you have sadness in your heart for the world that can never be & sensible shoes? You’ve got weltschmerz.” *

Roxy by Neal Shusterman, Jarrod Shusterman

November 18, 2021 by NTE 1 Comment

I don’t think I’ve ever positively reviewed a book I haven’t finished, but this here’s going to be the first. Because I’m the kind of person who can’t rewatch the Scott’s Tots episode of The Office, and who cringes just thinking about that one scene in On His Way to the Wedding (by Julia Quinn: Spoiler for a Bridgerton book ahead) when Gregory professes his love in front of all of London, and … it does not go well.  I just sometimes get to a point […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: DNF, drugs, jarrod shusterman, Neal Shusterman, Neal Shusterman, Jarrod Shusterman, NetGalley, substance abuse, Trigger Warnings, Trigger Warnings in the Book

NTE's CBR13 Review No:44 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: DNF, drugs, jarrod shusterman, Neal Shusterman, Neal Shusterman, Jarrod Shusterman, NetGalley, substance abuse, Trigger Warnings, Trigger Warnings in the Book ·
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