I highly recommend this book to those with an open mind about the subject matter. I understand the age difference and graphic details of the sexual relationship between the two leads have led many to write negative reviews. It’s easy to perceive things in black & white, but if you give the book a chance..
This book had me riveted from the first 5 minutes. It was rich with evidence of human resilience in the face of dysfunction.
I loved the book but not the audible. Through the audible I was having a hard time understanding and following the book. When I read it myself I got more feel of the book. In the audible, where the excitement should be there was monotone.
I didn’t know whether to give this book 5 stars or 1 star. The story was disturbing but I couldn’t stop listening
Review from All the Ugly and Wonderful Things →
I keep trying to listen to this book. The narrator is perfect, but the nagging voice of pedophilia is louder than the narrator’s voice. As a father of girls I can’t believe that after all we have seen in recent years about child trafficking and need to stop child marriage we can still find this..
Rarely does a book captivate me the way this one did. It is one of those stories that make me feel like I am missing out on something when I am not reading it. My imagination worries that the story goes on without me and I can’t allow that to happen. So I found my..
loved the whole story it was really towing the line between right and wrong but its so magical, beautiful and raw. there is nothing like it.
The choral voices and the incredible power of each life’s story —Unbelievably beautiful I’d like to send the author a bouquet of lilacs
An excellent example of how dangerous, destructive, and harmful black and white thinking can be.
Review from As Bright as Heaven →
I loved every minute of this book. The narration was fantastic, and the storyline had me hooked from the start.