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3.88 AVERAGE
3.88 AVERAGE
The Girls We Sent Away is a book that draws you straight in and is a really easy read. I loved learning about the character Lorraine and a lot of history/how it was to be a teen mother and have a baby out of wedlock in the past. However I don't feel like I was completely blown away this was a decent read,
3 stars
Loved the premise of this book and the last 100 pages of this book. The first 200 were VERY hard to get through and I almost DNFed this one. In the front cover we are told that Lorraine has big dreams to study astronomy and go to space but then she gets pregnant and gets sent away. However, it takes 100 pages for this to happen in the book. And it's not like we really learn much in that 100 pages except for everyone in her life is perpetuating this horrible system of shame and guilt.
Truly this book is lowkey trauma porn - it just keeps getting worse for a really long time. Even the really interesting characters like the librarian and her roommates at the house for wayward girls have so much depth to them, revealing their motivations for their actions being part of the way society has pushed them down. But it takes like 2 months of her knowing them to get there. But once all the characters' backstories become revealed (I mean some people are evil no matter how you slice it) there is so much more complexity that I felt made the book really compelling and I actually really liked it. I just don't know if it's worth fighting through 200 pages to get there.
Loved the premise of this book and the last 100 pages of this book. The first 200 were VERY hard to get through and I almost DNFed this one. In the front cover we are told that Lorraine has big dreams to study astronomy and go to space but then she gets pregnant and gets sent away. However, it takes 100 pages for this to happen in the book. And it's not like we really learn much in that 100 pages except for everyone in her life is perpetuating this horrible system of shame and guilt.
Truly this book is lowkey trauma porn - it just keeps getting worse for a really long time. Even the really interesting characters like the librarian and her roommates at the house for wayward girls have so much depth to them, revealing their motivations for their actions being part of the way society has pushed them down. But it takes like 2 months of her knowing them to get there. But once all the characters' backstories become revealed (I mean some people are evil no matter how you slice it) there is so much more complexity that I felt made the book really compelling and I actually really liked it. I just don't know if it's worth fighting through 200 pages to get there.
3.5
We are back in the 1960s. Lorraine is a really smart girl; she is about to be the valedictorian. But then Clint, her boyfriend, gets her pregnant. This is absolutely not done, and next to the fact that Lorraine now has to give up her school career, Clint also decides that he did not sign up for this and leaves Lorraine behind. Her parents do not agree with this, as it would ruin their social status, and thus, Lorraine is sent away to a maternity home for wayward girls.
The fact that this storyline has actually happened in real life has me shaken. I cannot even imagine my parents doing something like this to me. While reading, I felt so bad for all the girls. She got betrayed by so many people; how can she even form any new relationships after this ever again? I do think it is really important that stories like these get told. Entire generations had to suffer, and in comparison, we have an extremely good life now as women (still not perfect, though). The writing was done very well, I was intrigued to keep reading the entire time. I constantly felt that urge to figure out what was happening next. I still really want to know how everything ended. I need Lorraine to be the happiest woman she can be.
We are back in the 1960s. Lorraine is a really smart girl; she is about to be the valedictorian. But then Clint, her boyfriend, gets her pregnant. This is absolutely not done, and next to the fact that Lorraine now has to give up her school career, Clint also decides that he did not sign up for this and leaves Lorraine behind. Her parents do not agree with this, as it would ruin their social status, and thus, Lorraine is sent away to a maternity home for wayward girls.
The fact that this storyline has actually happened in real life has me shaken. I cannot even imagine my parents doing something like this to me. While reading, I felt so bad for all the girls. She got betrayed by so many people; how can she even form any new relationships after this ever again? I do think it is really important that stories like these get told. Entire generations had to suffer, and in comparison, we have an extremely good life now as women (still not perfect, though). The writing was done very well, I was intrigued to keep reading the entire time. I constantly felt that urge to figure out what was happening next. I still really want to know how everything ended. I need Lorraine to be the happiest woman she can be.
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
emotional
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Something for the wannabe Trad wives to consider before taking that fork in the road.
emotional
informative
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No