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Anyone read The Names?

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wherethewildthingis · 26/07/2025 08:47

Has anyone read this one. Really enjoyed it and keen to talk about it!

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englishmummyinwales · 06/08/2025 15:49

I don’t know how I managed to miss those two points for Julian and Gordon - read it too quickly I think, as I was enjoying it so much! Thank you both for clarifying.

TokyoSushi · 06/08/2025 09:26

Oh glad it has such good reviews, i have it on my Kindle for my holiday!

WeirdyBeardyMarrowBabyLady · 06/08/2025 09:24

CorporaINobbyNobbs · 06/08/2025 01:12

Just finished this and Gordon is allergic to wasp stings - there’s a reference to him near it dying from one as a kid but the dad administering Adrenalin and saving him.

Julian is never mentioned as being stung but presumably he is also allergic

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And also when Julian is racing home to Cora at the end I think there’s a reference to him side-stepping a man removing a wasps nest and I took that to be his sliding doors moment where things could have gone wrong but didn’t.

CorporaINobbyNobbs · 06/08/2025 01:12

englishmummyinwales · 02/08/2025 11:56

Finished this last week and thoroughly enjoyed it. However one thing confused me, perhaps I missed something. Why was Bear allergic to bee stings yet Julian and Gordon weren’t? Aren’t they fundamentally the same person?

Just finished this and Gordon is allergic to wasp stings - there’s a reference to him near it dying from one as a kid but the dad administering Adrenalin and saving him.

Julian is never mentioned as being stung but presumably he is also allergic

englishmummyinwales · 02/08/2025 11:56

Finished this last week and thoroughly enjoyed it. However one thing confused me, perhaps I missed something. Why was Bear allergic to bee stings yet Julian and Gordon weren’t? Aren’t they fundamentally the same person?

GlobalCitz · 30/07/2025 17:01

I'm halfway through and I'm enjoying it so much that I really don't want it to end.

milislovelybut · 27/07/2025 23:49

I read it a few weeks ago and recommend it to everyone ! I keep meaning to read again but in ‘name’ order rather than each of them in years / iyswim

raspberryberet7 · 27/07/2025 23:31

Just about to start it!

RidingMyBike · 27/07/2025 19:07

I loved it!

CarpeVitam · 26/07/2025 10:07

No, but just added it to my Wish List, OP!

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