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bookdevouringmisfit's review against another edition
4.0
How can this novel be so short yet say so much?
punkgremlin's review against another edition
dark
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
4saradouglas's review against another edition
2.0
Loved the book cover, loved the description, knew the author from other books... but yeah, this book just did not work for me. It's hard to believe from the description, but literally nothing happens in this book. It was absolutely boring from cover to cover. Maybe if I were really interested in becoming a therapist one day this would have been a little bit interesting? I just couldn't connect to the characters at all, and the whole book was just one VERY slow moving therapy session after another. Yawn.
timelordmom's review against another edition
5.0
Such a different take on a kidnapping story. I absolutely loved it.
coffeelitmama's review against another edition
4.0
I felt like this book was a little slow, but definitely intriguing & I wanted to keep reading. It was interesting to see a tragic event from two points of view; I think having some of Dylan's thoughts would've added to the dimensions of that well. The ending was good, but a letdown in some ways for me- I wanted to see how the dynamics of everyone changed further down the road in the healing process.
aelong1399's review against another edition
5.0
Wow, this one really surprised me. An excellent exploration of trauma and recovery.
erincataldi's review against another edition
3.0
Teens will eat this up. Four years after he was kidnapped, Ethan is discovered living an hour away and returned home. Dylan, a twelve year old autistic boy had been missing for a mere weekend and the efforts to find him were so great that they were able to find him, along with Ethan in the same dingy apartment. Struggling to come to terms being normal and being a teenager, Ethan is in over his head. Told through alternating perspectives; Ethan the recently returned fifteen year old, and Caroline, the seventeen year old sister of the kidnapped autistic boy, the story starts small and grows as they struggle to make sense of what happened. A wonderful story of resilience, trust, and the power of friendship.
I received this book for free from Librarything in return for my honest, unbiased review.
I received this book for free from Librarything in return for my honest, unbiased review.
hikool101's review against another edition
4.0
Interesting, touching and overall really nice. I like the serious tone, and it felt like the author really knew what she was doing. 8/10
alizalondon's review against another edition
3.0
This is the second book I read (today) with a nearly-identical premise just because the previous one was so bad. And it was better—the characters were good (I’m so glad we actually got a POV chapter with the actual main character), there wasn’t a romantic relationship that magically healed all the trauma, and it showed recovery as a long, slow path. I honestly didn’t buy Caroline and Ethan’s friendship as anything but people who play music together, and I was looking for a little more oomph, particularly with regards to Caroline’s brother Dylan, but overall not bad.
kice7788's review against another edition
5.0
since I still have no power because of Irma I got some great reading in. loved this one. thought some of the writing was childish and seemed like it was easy to figure out what was going to happen but other than that it was great. just wish that it kept going or got into some other things.