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A review by randi_in_horrorland
Fall on Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonald
4.0
This is going to be a tough book to review. I’m giving it four stars right now, but it’s possible that this rating might change in the future because I just don’t know how I feel about this book right now.
This book is about the Piper family—a mixed family (white and Arab) living in Cape Breton, Canada. The majority of the story takes place during the First World War but begins before then and extends well past the Second World War.
The book begins as this story of how this family comes together and the challenges they must overcome. It’s a beautiful historical story! But, as the story trudges along, things get really messed the heck up. I started having to take breaks from the book because my mind couldn’t wrap around the events occurring. I kept thinking, “wtf is happening? Holy shit as if this just happened!”
I struggled with the religious portions of the book, only because I am not religious at all. I know that it was a large part of the belief system in the past, but it was a hard pill to swallow when the author is writing from the minds of 9 year old girls who can’t even play properly without upsetting God.
There was a major grief emotion plot in the book. It shows how all the different characters dealt with their own stages of grief. I feel that it was incredibly well done.
Ultimately, this was a tough book to read. There are A LOT of triggers, so fair warning about that. But, I am happy to have read it.
This book is about the Piper family—a mixed family (white and Arab) living in Cape Breton, Canada. The majority of the story takes place during the First World War but begins before then and extends well past the Second World War.
The book begins as this story of how this family comes together and the challenges they must overcome. It’s a beautiful historical story! But, as the story trudges along, things get really messed the heck up. I started having to take breaks from the book because my mind couldn’t wrap around the events occurring. I kept thinking, “wtf is happening? Holy shit as if this just happened!”
I struggled with the religious portions of the book, only because I am not religious at all. I know that it was a large part of the belief system in the past, but it was a hard pill to swallow when the author is writing from the minds of 9 year old girls who can’t even play properly without upsetting God.
There was a major grief emotion plot in the book. It shows how all the different characters dealt with their own stages of grief. I feel that it was incredibly well done.
Ultimately, this was a tough book to read. There are A LOT of triggers, so fair warning about that. But, I am happy to have read it.