this book is amazing I could not stop listening and sobbed at the ending. the feelings of grief and trauma are very realistic.
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this book is amazing I could not stop listening and sobbed at the ending. the feelings of grief and trauma are very realistic.
This was brutal. I’m going to admit that I had a lot of reservations about this book, because of the sensitive subject matter. But I pushed through those preconceived judgements and absolutely fell in love. It’s been a long time since I’ve cried while reading a novel, but this one did me in!
The story was good. I was fully there. It was odd to me because it felt as though I were cheering for a pedophile the whole time. I wanted the love story, I understood it .. but every time I remembered the age difference, I felt cringy again. I don’t know. I’m confused w this..
This felt very juvenile, something a younger person would enjoy or could even possibly relate to. However, for me it was lack luster and very annoying in some parts. I just didn’t care for the main character at all.
Fantastic and heartbreaking. I loved all the chapters from different points of view, can’t wait to listen to another book by the same author.
This story is well written, as in the author is clearly a talented writer, but the entire story romanticizes child rape. It is rape. It is always rape because for most of the book, the child is a minor and cannot consent even if she thinks she can. It doesn’t work that way. There is..
