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3.63 AVERAGE
3.63 AVERAGE
emotional
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
dark
emotional
inspiring
sad
fast-paced
This is a heavy read. It's worth it, in my opinion, but it's HEAVY. There are passages in this book that have stayed with me since I read it years ago.
This book is raw, honest and heavy. What one reviewer wrote that there were unanswered questions that Jackie didn't answer, guess what...this crash doesn't provide answers. This book is something that will give other victims an honest look into the hell that life becomes when trying to make sense of an unimaginable situation. This book isn't about her providing one idiot reviewer with answers. It's about telling a painful journey so that others know they are not alone. Amazingly honest book.
emotional
sad
fast-paced
challenging
emotional
fast-paced
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Vomit
i’ll admit… this has joined my DNF pile.
don’t get me wrong, jackie hance experienced one of the worst tragedies that i could ever imagine.
but this book comes across as entitled, whiny, and not at all emotional.
the way this book was written makes jackie sound like a heartless person with no ability to care about anyone else’s experience of the tragedy but her own.
i went into this book feeling hopeful, as i enjoy an emotional story about triumph over tragedy. but this book was NOT that.
don’t get me wrong, jackie hance experienced one of the worst tragedies that i could ever imagine.
but this book comes across as entitled, whiny, and not at all emotional.
the way this book was written makes jackie sound like a heartless person with no ability to care about anyone else’s experience of the tragedy but her own.
i went into this book feeling hopeful, as i enjoy an emotional story about triumph over tragedy. but this book was NOT that.
I don't often read books like this--books by regular people who have an intriguing story, mostly because those books are usually not very well written. I was pleasantly surprised by this one, though. It wasn't the best writing I've ever read, but it wasn't at all cringeworthy either. And the story is very intriguing. Perhaps as a mother of 3 children I have an extra ability to sympathize or relate to her horror, but whatever the reason, I did relate. I agree with some other reviewers that the author doesn't necessarily always come off in the best light, but I don't think she was trying to. I do know that she loved and loves her children whole-heartedly and that her life is forever altered by this tragedy.
80% of this book was one depressing sentence after another. I'm trying to be charitable. I have no idea what I'd do if my children were taken from me in an accident. Maybe I'd be like Jackie Hance and force myself to be sad and depressed because I'd think like she did that being happy would betray my children who were gone. But I hope not. Finally and quite suddenly, she stopped being sad and depressed and decided to look for the positives in life. I'd probably give this book a 2 1/2
This book is about raw grief. It is not a journalist's look into how and why the accident happened -- it is written by the mother who lost 3 girls, a sister in law, and a niece in the accident. It vaguely mentions the other family who lost their lives - I am going to give the benefit of the doubt to the mother and guess this was due to legal reasons rather than a lack of compassion. People grieve very differently and there is no right or wrong way to do it. It is personal and raw and horrific. I give credit to the husband that he was strong enough in character not to walk away, because he was not often allowed to grieve in his own way because his wife's grief seemed to overwhelm everyone else's. She did not make room for other's grief - but at the time she was obviously not able to. They have the most amazing friends and support system ever, and perhaps that is why their marriage managed to survive. I simply can't fathom losing my children and then having it publicly splayed across the media, and having a movie made of my life's tragedy without my permission. I believe I would sign up for the crazy train as well. Kudos to her wonderfully supportive, way above and beyond friends who were always there for this family. Best wishes to Kasey for the future, my hope is that her entire life is not overshadowed by her sisters'. Her sisters were wonderful, but that's a lot of pressure. I continued to go back and look at the girl's smiling faces. Wishing everyone involved continued strength and peace.