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3.87 AVERAGE
3.87 AVERAGE
Creepy and very realistic. Definitely a rough and intense read.
This book was devastating. The story of Darlene, Scotty, and Eddie is incredible yet totally believable. There are so many people who are taken advantage of and enslaved, even in current times in a first world country. Thanks to James Hannaham, we are given the opportunity to witness one family's story. You won't forget this book.
I kept hearing buzz about this book, but it kind of got lost in my advance-reading. But I'm glad that I read it in audio because I really enjoyed Hannaham's reading. I want to say first of all that if you do this book in audio you'll hear the first chapter and think, "Why does everyone rate this narrator so highly? It feels really stiff." Just give it another chapter. There's a second narrative voice that works incredibly well and as you go through the juxtaposition of the two narrators will add a lot to the experience.
This book is incredibly ambitious and it takes on a lot of real-life issues in a way that could end up feeling like an after-school special in the wrong hands. Luckily the material here is handled with grace and finesse and while it loses a little momentum in the quarter, it's very satisfying. I love books that I can't compare to any other books, novels that create a unique reading experience. This is absolutely one of them and would have been on my Best of 2015 list had I read it upon or before release.
This book is incredibly ambitious and it takes on a lot of real-life issues in a way that could end up feeling like an after-school special in the wrong hands. Luckily the material here is handled with grace and finesse and while it loses a little momentum in the quarter, it's very satisfying. I love books that I can't compare to any other books, novels that create a unique reading experience. This is absolutely one of them and would have been on my Best of 2015 list had I read it upon or before release.