Review from All the Ugly and Wonderful Things →
I’m so troubled listening to it. My face was twisting a half of the time. I’m not sure which troubles me more, that the author, an adult woman fantasized an adult man as “Moral” protector, or many reviews accept/normalize/romanticize grooming. It is so wrong not only this is a child porn, but also the way..
Review from Holding Up the Universe →
This book is amazing! When I read it I felt in a whole different world. I felt like I was in the book. I highly recommend it if you love romance but not the full out romance kind of story. It teaches you self love and compassion. This author wrote an amazing book. I would..
Review from The Con Man’s Daughter →
Heartrending story told first-person so effectively—honest but not graphic. Window to the child’s mind who covers nicely the drastic wrongdoing of a parent and pays a high price.
A 13 year old girl can’t give consent to a 24yo old man. It doesn’t work that way. Is it okay for a 13yo girl to have a crush on a man twice her age who makes her feel safe? Yes. It is not okay for said man to return affection in a sexual way…
I thought the whole thing was weird but honestly made me cry and I semi understood. Between the mixed emotions of pedophilia and if it’s really love! I just don’t know how to explain this… I laughed I cried was super disgusted but my heart broke and also melted!!! It was a good read for..
Just weird and hard all the way to the end. That’s all I have to say.It does resolve at the end of the book.
Review from Those Girls →
I read this based off the recommended from a friend and went in blind…. There should be a trigger warning!! It was way to graphic for me. I like mysteries and thrillers. I almost stopped listening but I kept trying to figure out what the angle was here… what possible could part 2 be about…
Review from Salt to the Sea →
A very touching story of horrible atrocities that occurred during WWII. The audible was excellent.
Every culture is defined by its moral code especially that which is taught to be disgusting. We get so invested in our code that we are unable to step back and realize it’s artificial. This book will bring out your emotionality like no other. Can you stop to consider an alternative culture or normality? eg..
The author uses her talent and that gets you invested in a story whose purpose is to try to glorify pedophilia. That is what is so disgusting to me. This child was already abused and the author creates a reality where a man groomed her from a very young age to trust him by just..