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grraceanderson's review
I cant rate this book. It was referenced in a lecture in my psych class during our social work unit last semester and I just got around to reading it
SICK TO MY STOMACH. Sick. I can’t believe this actually happens to people. Felt the same way watching the Gabriel Hernandez documentary for intro to human services last year
Some reviews said this memoir isn’t actually real and he made it all up but whether he made it up or not it’s true that similar things happen to children all the time I genuinely can’t even come up with words
SICK TO MY STOMACH. Sick. I can’t believe this actually happens to people. Felt the same way watching the Gabriel Hernandez documentary for intro to human services last year
Some reviews said this memoir isn’t actually real and he made it all up but whether he made it up or not it’s true that similar things happen to children all the time I genuinely can’t even come up with words
lilia493's review
dark
sad
medium-paced
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Excrement, and Torture
zeinabali's review
4.0
This book is not something I could ever suggest to anyone. It's awful and full of disturbing appalling things that you can't even imagine. I do, however, want everyone to read it to realize that mothers can also be cruel to their kids. Yes, your biological mother. It is not normal for a mother to abuse her children in our so-called society. It is. You just decided to ignore that reality. a shocking number of children got assaulted as a result, and even worse, some died while trying to understand what they did wrong. It doesn't matter whether you think the narrative is accurate or not accurate; that is not the point here.
wendythegeekgoddess's review
4.0
If there are 2 things that really get to me its Animal Abuse and Child Abuse. The story of David's life was hard to read. Hving 2 young children of my own, I can't imagine them ever facing the hardships young David faced. I hated his mother, wish I could meet her so I could just punch her in the face. The book was at times very hard to read and I can't begin to understand why a mother would ever do that to her child. This is a book that will stick with you for a very long time.
zapkode's review
5.0
{my thoughts} - This book is a book that is not for someone with a week stomach. It is about a child's struggle to deal with a bad hand of cards that he has been dealt. The way in which this child is treated and manipulated breaks the readers heart. It saddened me that the school did nothing to help this child until it was almost to late. When a child goes through so much pain and suffering to the extent that it is apparent something is going on in the home life there should be more investigation into the matter. I have issues know that that CPS had been involved and never did their jobs. When children really need CPS to intervene it never does. It's like they see it worthy of their time to tear apart family's that don't need their help but to leave those family's that do need help alone. CPS in this book is easily fooled by the mother and her actions in manipulating her son. She uses him to prove to them that nothing is wrong within the household and that she is treating them right. However, in reality that isn't the case and the child endures years of suffering because of it.