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dwibble92's review against another edition
4.0
I hate a story with an ambiguous ending but as this was real life I will forgive it. What an absolutely horrible life that poor girl led. I have no doubt in my mind that she was definitely abused in some way. Once again written in a style thy made me want to finish this book as soon as possible because I just had to know what happened.
a_little_foxy's review against another edition
3.0
Well I will say this story is very compelling and I definitely felt the need to finish it asap to find out what actually is happening to the poor child in this story. It’s quite unbelievable though. I’ve seen it’s suppose to be based on the real experiences of the author during her career but it felt embellished. As if her deep knowledge on the topic of special needs children has helped her create this story. Besides it being unbelievable, it is a well written story.
mtjbac's review against another edition
4.0
Did again admire Torey, but was so confused and kinda creeped out by Jadie all the time. I don't really get how some parts of the story played out, like why did we never hear anything anymore about Jady assaulting Reuben. And am honestly so confused by the end. Like, I get it is a non-fiction book, so it can't be cleared out any better, but it was honestly quite vague.
dr_jgray's review against another edition
5.0
This book changed the landscape of my middle school years. I think it was highly inappropriate to have this in a middle school library (some of the descriptions are quite graphic), but I remember reading it over and over again.
ulyssareads's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
3.5
emallory's review against another edition
2.0
The last 100 or so pages of this book finally gave it some worthiness but for me the rest was unnecessarily boring filler. The author clearly needed to fill space as there isn't enough of a story (that she knows of) to write an entire book so she spent the first 200 or so pages repetitively setting us up for the end and along the way told the deconstructed stories of characters that didn't contribute anything to the overall story. If you're interested in the topics, I'd recommend googling "elective mutism" and the several others (I don't want to spoil this for anyone who is still planning on reading the book so you'll have to find the rest for yourselves) that were discussed for a much more interesting take on each.
shellireadz's review against another edition
3.0
very interesting, really hard to put down. memorable years later.
kristeylou's review against another edition
3.0
To be honest, I skimmed over a lot of paragraphs because I felt like they weren't leading to anything imperative to the book. After finishing it, I stand by that decision.
nuuamuikkunen's review against another edition
challenging
dark
sad
tense
fast-paced
2.25
Kirjasta huomaa että se on kirjoitettu 90-luvulla. Autismista puhutaan vammana ja että se voidaan ”parantaa”.
Aihe on tottakai raaka, kun tietää millaisia kirjoja Hayden kirjoittaa. En vaan voi olla miettimättä onko uhreilta itseltään pyydetty lupaa kirjan julkaisuun..
Aihe on tottakai raaka, kun tietää millaisia kirjoja Hayden kirjoittaa. En vaan voi olla miettimättä onko uhreilta itseltään pyydetty lupaa kirjan julkaisuun..
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, Trafficking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail