Grace Metalious 1900
- What it is
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A small town hiding secrets · it tells it with no filter
- Genre
- Classics Literary
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In common with yours: small-town secrets · it's hiding a secret
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In common with yours: small-town secrets · properly scary
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In common with yours: small-town secrets · it's hiding a secret
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In common with yours: small-town secrets · it won't tell you everything at once
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It tells it straight · fierce and defiant
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No clean hands here · sad, and in no hurry
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It tells it straight, but in a thriller
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No clean hands here · melancholic and unhurried
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No clean hands here, but in fantasy
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No clean hands here · it stirs you up inside
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Just as morally grey, but more epic and hopeful
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No clean hands here · a trial at the heart of the story
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Nobody is entirely good · it messes with your head
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You end up rooting for the wrong people · you'll keep turning it over for days
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You end up rooting for the wrong people, but in a thriller
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You end up rooting for the wrong people, but in a thriller
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It hurts, and then it heals · it makes you think, without a lecture
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No clean hands here · nothing is quite what it seems
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Nobody is entirely good · it gets under your skin
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It leaves you shaken · a farewell that moves you
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