Once Upon a River: A Novel

From the instant #1 New York Times bestselling author of the "eerie and fascinating" (USA TODAY) The Thirteenth Tale comes a "swift and entrancing, profound and beautiful" (Madeline Miller, internationally bestselling author of Circe) novel about how we explain the world to ourselves, ourselves to others, and the meaning of our lives in a universe ...show more

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496 pages

Average rating: 7.77

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LMahoney
Jan 26, 2024
10/10 stars
loved this! kept me guessing and hoping and oh it was so beautifully written. Armstrong has my heart. Wonderful audiobook!
Karinawynn2019
Feb 05, 2023
3/10 stars
Ended up quitting this one 150 pages in. It was very slow going & repetitive. Once I thought things were going to pick up, they’d slow right back down. Overall not my cup of tea.
Cat M.
Dec 07, 2022
4/10 stars
The first third of the book was horribly tedious. Reading this book was a chore and I found myself procrastinating rather than continuing to read. At one point I sat down to read and decided to clean the bathroom instead. That is a testament to how much I did not want to read this book. I actually dreaded each time I picked up my iPad to read the Kindle app. I had to set the book aside for five days to read a couple other books as a much ...read more

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