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3.28 AVERAGE
3.28 AVERAGE
Actual rating: 3.5 stars. Debating on whether to rate this 3 or 4 stars.
The description and reviews on this book describe it as 'brilliantly funny', but there is nothing funny about this story. It is riddled with abuse (physical, verbal, emotional) and hardship, but it is a good story.
The description and reviews on this book describe it as 'brilliantly funny', but there is nothing funny about this story. It is riddled with abuse (physical, verbal, emotional) and hardship, but it is a good story.
DNF I made it to page 32. If you are a reader needing Trigger Warnings, Mary Walsh's debut is not for you. I don't normally have trouble, but me thinks Ms. Walsh laid it on rather thickly. Page after page after page of violent physical abuse, sexual assault, rape, predatory pedophiles, drugs, abuse, and on and on it went. I couldn't do it any longer beyond those 32 pages. Where is the light? It was too much, almost as though Walsh was working too hard to try to destroy and upset her readers.
Honestly, I had bad dreams involving my daughter last night - the kind where I actually had to wake myself up and shake out the dream from my head. Crazy right?!
So, I woke up this morning knowing that I would be returning this one to the library. I'm not sure if I'll pick it up at a later time to see if it has any kind of the "funny" (as it is blurbed) or light in the tunnel. I have books to read for review, I need to turn my attention to those first.
Bummer - I was really looking forward to this one. Just can't do that kind of story right now. I just finished [b:Himself|33023729|Himself|Jess Kidd|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1479741428s/33023729.jpg|49612536] which has violence/murder of women in the prologue (much like Crying for the Moon), [b:The Substitute|32073135|The Substitute|Nicole Lundrigan|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1490261553s/32073135.jpg|52720636], which although disturbing, not to the level of Crying for the Moon - so I need something else right now.
Honestly, I had bad dreams involving my daughter last night - the kind where I actually had to wake myself up and shake out the dream from my head. Crazy right?!
So, I woke up this morning knowing that I would be returning this one to the library. I'm not sure if I'll pick it up at a later time to see if it has any kind of the "funny" (as it is blurbed) or light in the tunnel. I have books to read for review, I need to turn my attention to those first.
Bummer - I was really looking forward to this one. Just can't do that kind of story right now. I just finished [b:Himself|33023729|Himself|Jess Kidd|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1479741428s/33023729.jpg|49612536] which has violence/murder of women in the prologue (much like Crying for the Moon), [b:The Substitute|32073135|The Substitute|Nicole Lundrigan|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1490261553s/32073135.jpg|52720636], which although disturbing, not to the level of Crying for the Moon - so I need something else right now.
I'm glad I read this book and hope that Ms Walsh writes another novel. It would be great if it tells what happens next with Maureen.
I liked that this was a story set in Newfoundland that didn't have people going out in dories, upset about the dying fisheries.
I liked that this was a story set in Newfoundland that didn't have people going out in dories, upset about the dying fisheries.