Review from All the Ugly and Wonderful Things →
This book was very well written, and I enjoyed the narrator very much. Throughout the book I had a lot of different feelings. At first I was very hopeful then I was disgusted. At the end I almost felt like I was happy about the relationship. Then I remembered that this is still a story..
Review from No One Ever Asked →
I really wanted to like this book. Right from the start the main characters were insufferable. I wanted to quit but convinced myself that it was intentional groundwork for a growth arc. And I do think that was the intent, but the author stopped at 80% to goal. One character sort of recognized the racism..
Review from The Con Man’s Daughter →
This book has been in my library for months. Pushed play for the first time today and finished it this evening. Wish I had listened months ago! Great story, writing and performance,
Review from Eversea →
Could’ve been a sweet story but page after page after page of explicit sex really added nothing to it. Not sure why I even finished it. It was a waste of my time for sure.
Loved this story, well written and engaging. Maybe it will help people think more broadly and be less judgy.
Review from All the Ugly and Wonderful Things →
pedophilia smut. hard to finish. i imagine creeps validating themselves through this book. I do not recommend, very triggering and sick.
Dana After reading several reviews, and going through many of my listening mates’ conflicting emotions, I have to praise the Bryn Greenwood for her bravery. However difficult this book was to listen to, it must have been even more difficult to put this topic, as controversial as it is, out into the world. There was..
Review from All the Ugly and Wonderful Things →
So wrong !! But yet I understand why .. this is a perfect example of don’t judge a book by its cover but in the real world tho this is still so so wrong … it just makes me think that it’s sad that there are some situations like this … the book was an..
the relationship makes me uncomfortable but the story keeps me listening. I had to finish.
MAKE IT A MOVIE! HEARTWRENCHING, DISTRUBING, AND BEAUTIFUL – really excellent read. Loved how the story was told from multiple characters point of views. Well written.