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twinkletoes422's review against another edition
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
slow-paced
2.25
jilly7922's review against another edition
5.0
This book is about intertwining histories, that of the author who is going through the process of finding herself after being molested by her grandfather, and a young boy Jeremy Guillory who was murdered by a child molester. For Alexandria she comes to question her beliefs and who she is when she comes across a death penalty case of Ricky Langley. Alexandria has always been against the death penalty. But when she comes across the case of Ricky Langley who is a convicted sex offender and murderer she finds that she wants him to die. This sets her on a course of finding out the truth. But what she finds isn't so black and white as the truth she expects to find.
Overall I rated this book five stars out of five. This was an excellent book it was extremely well written. It definitely got to the heart of the matter. The author poured her heart and soul in this book as she does in her real life. In writing this book the author found what she was looking for, that what is true in life isn't so black and white. Instead it is a murky line in the gray area that you can be one thing and be another thing too at the same time. I think this book had many lessons to be learned, even though with the subject matter it was at times difficult to read. This book is a must read and should be read by everyone.
I would like to thank Netgalley, Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich, and Flatiron Books for giving me the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review.
For more book reviews come and read my book blog at: http://turnthepagereviewsbyjill.blogspot.com
Overall I rated this book five stars out of five. This was an excellent book it was extremely well written. It definitely got to the heart of the matter. The author poured her heart and soul in this book as she does in her real life. In writing this book the author found what she was looking for, that what is true in life isn't so black and white. Instead it is a murky line in the gray area that you can be one thing and be another thing too at the same time. I think this book had many lessons to be learned, even though with the subject matter it was at times difficult to read. This book is a must read and should be read by everyone.
I would like to thank Netgalley, Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich, and Flatiron Books for giving me the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review.
For more book reviews come and read my book blog at: http://turnthepagereviewsbyjill.blogspot.com
alohajami's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.0
books76's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
val_eris's review against another edition
5.0
This was a difficult book to read, as everyone who’s read it will know. The elegance and emotional sensitivity of the writing is the only thing that makes the descriptions of the case, and the events of the author’s life, bearable. There are facts about our experiences that we know in our bodies and have to struggle to understand. The instinctive revulsion felt as children at the concept of an execution that propels several of the death row lawyers. The many blank spaces in the author’s memory that she can only understand in her strange reactions— a need to check behind bathroom curtains for a body, a hatred of the color yellow. We are all navigating the constant invasion of the past.