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A review by singinglupines
When the Bough Breaks by Jonathan Kellerman
2.0
This book dates itself. I kept finding myself jolted out of the story by the offensive phrasing used throughout the book against anyone who was not straight, white, and male. You can expect rampant sexism and offensive things to be said about Mexican, Hispanic, Latin, and Japanese people, mentally and physically disabled children, women, gay people, and people suffering from schizoid disorders and tremors.
I was hoping for a sensitive story where a child psychologist helps some children and in the process solves crimes - that is not what this book is expect for in the beginning of the story when he is helping Melody.
Story itself was okay (except the odd use of hypnosis which feels much more like a cognitive interview), but laws were broken left and right with no consequences. Both Alex and Milo do some reprehensible actions at the end while acting as law enforcement and there is no fallout. Ending is extremely abrupt, no resolution discussed for all the traumatized children.
I was hoping for a sensitive story where a child psychologist helps some children and in the process solves crimes - that is not what this book is expect for in the beginning of the story when he is helping Melody.
Story itself was okay (except the odd use of hypnosis which feels much more like a cognitive interview), but laws were broken left and right with no consequences. Both Alex and Milo do some reprehensible actions at the end while acting as law enforcement and there is no fallout. Ending is extremely abrupt, no resolution discussed for all the traumatized children.