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2.98 AVERAGE
2.98 AVERAGE
An incredibly powerful story that questions the nature of truth and the long-term damage of traumatic incidents.
I listened to the audio version done by bolinda. The narrator’s ability to capture both versions of the main character (child and young adult) was so well done.
I listened to the audio version done by bolinda. The narrator’s ability to capture both versions of the main character (child and young adult) was so well done.
This is a pretty intense book, and I could not put it down. It chronicles a fictional young woman struggling with PTSD brought on by a hostage/siege situation when she was 9 years old. The book moves back and forth to relive the siege, revealing (maybe) what really happened, along with revealing how the girl has fared over the years. It also chronicles how each of her parents reacted to the situation (they were not with her), and how that has affected her. Alternates between third and first person.
The library I got this from put it in young adult, but I really think it belongs in adult. Perhaps a Senior HS Psych class could read it while learning Psych 101 and discuss it. But I think you have to be a bit older to think well enough about some of the philosophical questions that are raised. Unless you yourself have been a trauma victim, and then perhaps a younger person would understand it.
At any rate, I loved it - would make a good book club selection, and might start some great conversations about parental influences, parental control, trauma, self-identity, and the reliability/unreliability of memory.
The library I got this from put it in young adult, but I really think it belongs in adult. Perhaps a Senior HS Psych class could read it while learning Psych 101 and discuss it. But I think you have to be a bit older to think well enough about some of the philosophical questions that are raised. Unless you yourself have been a trauma victim, and then perhaps a younger person would understand it.
At any rate, I loved it - would make a good book club selection, and might start some great conversations about parental influences, parental control, trauma, self-identity, and the reliability/unreliability of memory.
3.5 stars. Slow to start, but overall it was intense. I did like the surprise near the end. I probably wouldn't read it again, but it wasn't a bad book.
it was good but also kinda werid and the whole way it was played out.
I read this first when I was in high school and when I saw it on the shelves at work I remembered having really liked it, but not what happened or what I like about it. Not everything worked for me - the flashbacks to Frieda aged x didn't seem to match tone for me and took away from the urgency of the siege flashbacks as well as Frieda's current experiences, the William reveal seemed obvious (maybe it was meant to be, or maybe this is a YA thing where its a bit more on the nose?) and the end "resolution" just seemed like a bit of a vague fade-out with a little too much cheese. But overall still a good read.
This was recommended to me by my bestest friend. It isn't my usual type of read but it was extremely intriguing.