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courtney_anne's review against another edition
3.0
Not my favorite book. The plot was not exactly a plot at all in my opinion it didn't have much of a climax or anything special. An okay filler read.
cemoses's review against another edition
I liked it but I think the book is mislabeled. It is a very sad story-something like The Lovely Bones.
thestoryowl's review against another edition
2.0
I really got into the character of Mathilda in the beginning, but there just wasn't enough growth for her to make this book satisfying for me. There was so much room for something to happen, but I felt like nothing did. It just fell flat for me.
oreo143z's review against another edition
4.0
I really enjoyed this book because I really wasn't sure where this book was going or were it would end.I liked that it ended with no clear ending it gave me a lot to think about .
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kategci's review against another edition
3.0
This story is told through the the voice of a 13 year old girl. Her older sister has been killed and she is grieving along with the adults in her life. This is not usually my area of interest, but once I got into it, the writing held my interest.
emmamgregory's review against another edition
3.0
What an auspicious beginning to a novel and I was excited to read more.....then summer happened and my reading slowed to a few pages at a time and suddenly the book bored me. The last few chapters finished off the book quite satisfactorily. Now I'm going to have to hand over the book to my husband to see if the problem was truly the novel or my reading concentration.
lizaroo71's review against another edition
2.0
Mathilda Savitch has a sister that died. Her mother and father are grieving by isolating themselves from Mathilda and leaving her to her own devices -- which isn't such a good idea. In her grief, Mathilda wants to talk about her sister, but it's the one thing her parents won't discuss with her. The synopsis is a bit misleading, but this is a coming of age story in that Mathilda is trying to figure out who she is within her family as it is reshaped by this loss.
The comparison is made to Holden Caulfield, but he is a much more complex character. Also, Mathilda is several years younger than Holden, so the voice is not the same, but it does seem Lodato attempts to emulate Salinger's writing with various phrases.
The comparison is made to Holden Caulfield, but he is a much more complex character. Also, Mathilda is several years younger than Holden, so the voice is not the same, but it does seem Lodato attempts to emulate Salinger's writing with various phrases.
moviebuffkt's review against another edition
2.0
I guess I have to say that I have no memory of this book, which is not a great sign. Looking at others' responses, I have vague inklings that i remember the sister's murder, but the book itself doesn't have staying power with me.... so, i guess if you want to read something decent but forgettable check it out.