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kristinamath's review
4.0
It took me a few chapters to adjust to the writing style and language, but once I got through it I was hooked. I could not put this novel down, and when I did it was all I could think about. This is a novel that will stick with me long after I’ve read it, especially the ending. In my opinion, this topic was handled well and concluded well, it just wasn’t perfect enough to warrant a five star rating.
Overall, I recommend that everyone (young, old, readers or not) pick this novel up. It is real and honest, heartbreaking but motivating, and there is something for everyone to take away from. I am still thinking about this story, and look forward to reading more from this author!
Check out my entire review on my blog!
http://theprincessgummybearreviews.blogspot.ca/2018/03/dime-book-review.html
Overall, I recommend that everyone (young, old, readers or not) pick this novel up. It is real and honest, heartbreaking but motivating, and there is something for everyone to take away from. I am still thinking about this story, and look forward to reading more from this author!
Check out my entire review on my blog!
http://theprincessgummybearreviews.blogspot.ca/2018/03/dime-book-review.html
bookishhollow's review
5.0
I received this book free from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
Gritty and difficult to read but so, so important! All of the research and willpower it has taken to craft a beautiful book on such an ugly topic is astounding and I applaud Frank immensely. Nothing about reading this book was easy - it was mind blowing and utterly heart wrenching and it represents so much truth about sex trafficking/prostitution that it almost literally hurt to read.
Dime is a foster child who isn't happy with her life. Brandy is a girl who was taken in by a man who helped her get clean of drugs. They meet at a bus stop and Dime's life begins to change. She meets Brandy's daddy and starts to stay with them. Daddy loves Dime, he buys her clothes, gives her a place to sleep, and tells her to stay in school because he has big plans for her. Dime gets slowly drawn into the life they live and doesn't even realize what is really happening until it has happened, over and over. The love, the lies, and the tricks.
This setting of this book hits close to home with NJ being so close to DE, I think it is important that people read a book like this. A book that cuts to the truth, a book that doesn't sugar coat things, a book that slaps you in the face and forces you to focus on the terrible things happening in the world.
Gritty and difficult to read but so, so important! All of the research and willpower it has taken to craft a beautiful book on such an ugly topic is astounding and I applaud Frank immensely. Nothing about reading this book was easy - it was mind blowing and utterly heart wrenching and it represents so much truth about sex trafficking/prostitution that it almost literally hurt to read.
Dime is a foster child who isn't happy with her life. Brandy is a girl who was taken in by a man who helped her get clean of drugs. They meet at a bus stop and Dime's life begins to change. She meets Brandy's daddy and starts to stay with them. Daddy loves Dime, he buys her clothes, gives her a place to sleep, and tells her to stay in school because he has big plans for her. Dime gets slowly drawn into the life they live and doesn't even realize what is really happening until it has happened, over and over. The love, the lies, and the tricks.
This setting of this book hits close to home with NJ being so close to DE, I think it is important that people read a book like this. A book that cuts to the truth, a book that doesn't sugar coat things, a book that slaps you in the face and forces you to focus on the terrible things happening in the world.
toddcates's review against another edition
5.0
This was a very intense look into a very dark subject. I found myself very invested in Dime, and the ending has left me wondering and wanting more.
hmpj76's review
3.0
So very hard to read. But also, well written. This reality for some girls is heartbreaking.
misshayleyam's review against another edition
4.0
When I first picked this book up I was very clear that this wasn't going to be an easy subject because it is something that truly goes on in the world. I have read another similar book with in the past year and loved it so I thought this would be a good kick off from there. The first half of the book was very slow and I found myself hating Dime and thinking that she was being very dumb for staying with Daddy and falling in love with him and not being smart enough to put things together that a "pimp" is not going to care about his "hos" he cares about his money. She falls into that you can be book smart but street stupid category of characters that makes me some times hate YA books. The second half of the book once she finally makes the realization that he is using her to get his own sick twisted rocks off makes me feel kind of bad for her. The ending of this book though (without giving too much away) make me have to put down the book multiple times because I wanted to scream because there were so many ways things could have been different and the final few pages made me want to scream cry and throw the book. Over all an amazingly emotional book and I'm glad that I took the time to read it.
sbarnes_85's review
3.0
It is sad to know that girls are subjected to this type of activity at a young age. This book was hard to read because I have a daughter very close in age to the characters and I could not imagine anyone harming her. Dime is a must read. We must save our girls.
tex2flo's review
4.0
Perhaps I should have foreseen how this book would make me feel when I told a friend what book I was reading next. "Ehhhhh," she said, showing all her teeth. It was tough, as a privileged white girl, to read just what is a truth about living as a po ho. My constant emotion was anguish.
amyedreger's review
4.0
This book is heavy. And haunting. It sheds light on a subject I knew little about and was a very difficult read. My heart was breaking through most of it, but I kept on reading thinking there had to be a glimmer of hope somewhere. Dime's story is an important one and one that needs hearing. I loved her voice and her maturation during the course of the novel.
This book will stay with you for a very long time after you finish . . . Warning, the content is sexually heavy - not super graphic, per say, but the entire book focuses on human trafficking of very young girls which might not sit well with a lot of readers.
This book will stay with you for a very long time after you finish . . . Warning, the content is sexually heavy - not super graphic, per say, but the entire book focuses on human trafficking of very young girls which might not sit well with a lot of readers.
kosmond's review against another edition
4.0
Original review posted here.
My Review:
Dime was a very tough read. It’s about the terrible world of sex-trafficking and in it we follow the life of 13 year old Dime who just wants to fit and be loved. She grew up in foster care with other young kids with whom she was partially responsible for. Going to school, getting medicine, taking care of babies and trying to keep men’s hands off her was all that Dime ever did. She’s uncomfortable with the older foster boys’ advances on her, not to mention Janelle’s men that come and go but this is what Dime has come to expect and knows when things get out of hand she is to blend into the background and be unseen and unheard.
For all of Dimes short life she has wanted to feel loved, and when she escapes one night to the street after a bad night at Janelles and gets handed a winter jacket and offered a place to stay another night she thinks life is starting to look up. Daddy, the man who offers her a place to stay doesn’t seem too bad. He gives her a place to sleep, and food to eat and he shows Dime enough love that she starts to feel special. Dime goes back to the foster home one day because she can’t pull her weight and provide money to live with Daddy anymore. Once back here, she feels the hole that she believes Daddy filled with his love, and food and shelter. She goes back to him, and says she will do whatever is needed to earn her keep. This is when the poor young girl becomes a prostitute, and things go so far downhill that she can’t pick herself up.
Dime is told in her perspective and told through letters that Dime is trying to write. The letters being the one thing that Dime hopes someone will see and do the right thing to save these poor girls. It’s not just Dime involved, it’s Daddy’s other “wifeys” and the many others that Dime sees through her journey to get the prize that Daddy keeps talking about. As I said before, Dime is a hard read. Lollipop, an 11 year old brought into this way of life by Uncle Ray is when I had the hardest time with this novel. It made me cry to be honest when they introduced her.
It’s brutally honest, viciously terrifying, and extremely disturbing at times. The letters written by Dime, as told in the narrative of Lollipop, Sex, Money and Truth will open your eyes to a world that you might have turned away from. The plea for help is heart wrenching.
This novel is a work of fiction but E.R. Frank made it a work of dark, deeply disturbing, extreme sadness and it's a reality for some, and she did it well. She makes the reader realize the ugly truth behind human trafficking. And sometimes the truth is enough. Being aware and knowing the truth can save a life.
My Review:
Dime was a very tough read. It’s about the terrible world of sex-trafficking and in it we follow the life of 13 year old Dime who just wants to fit and be loved. She grew up in foster care with other young kids with whom she was partially responsible for. Going to school, getting medicine, taking care of babies and trying to keep men’s hands off her was all that Dime ever did. She’s uncomfortable with the older foster boys’ advances on her, not to mention Janelle’s men that come and go but this is what Dime has come to expect and knows when things get out of hand she is to blend into the background and be unseen and unheard.
For all of Dimes short life she has wanted to feel loved, and when she escapes one night to the street after a bad night at Janelles and gets handed a winter jacket and offered a place to stay another night she thinks life is starting to look up. Daddy, the man who offers her a place to stay doesn’t seem too bad. He gives her a place to sleep, and food to eat and he shows Dime enough love that she starts to feel special. Dime goes back to the foster home one day because she can’t pull her weight and provide money to live with Daddy anymore. Once back here, she feels the hole that she believes Daddy filled with his love, and food and shelter. She goes back to him, and says she will do whatever is needed to earn her keep. This is when the poor young girl becomes a prostitute, and things go so far downhill that she can’t pick herself up.
Dime is told in her perspective and told through letters that Dime is trying to write. The letters being the one thing that Dime hopes someone will see and do the right thing to save these poor girls. It’s not just Dime involved, it’s Daddy’s other “wifeys” and the many others that Dime sees through her journey to get the prize that Daddy keeps talking about. As I said before, Dime is a hard read. Lollipop, an 11 year old brought into this way of life by Uncle Ray is when I had the hardest time with this novel. It made me cry to be honest when they introduced her.
It’s brutally honest, viciously terrifying, and extremely disturbing at times. The letters written by Dime, as told in the narrative of Lollipop, Sex, Money and Truth will open your eyes to a world that you might have turned away from. The plea for help is heart wrenching.
This novel is a work of fiction but E.R. Frank made it a work of dark, deeply disturbing, extreme sadness and it's a reality for some, and she did it well. She makes the reader realize the ugly truth behind human trafficking. And sometimes the truth is enough. Being aware and knowing the truth can save a life.
kerrycat's review against another edition
5.0
I don't know what is more disturbing - the little details, like the 'dates' giving Dime candy canes at Christmastime, Dime thinking at the library that 'maybe hos weren't allowed to check out books,' how the police treat Brandy, the girls playing poker for Fudge Stripe cookies, and the ongoing book references - or the overall picture, and the idea that Dime has that since she 'chose' to be a 'ho' that's all there is for her. I couldn't put this down, as disturbing as horrifying as it was. Spectacular, compelling writing. Just incredibly disturbing that this fictional story can and does actually happen, right now, in our own country.