thereadingbel 's review for:

Reservation Road by John Burnham Schwartz

4.0

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This story is about loss of a child and how it devastates a family afterwards. If you have ever experienced a loss then you will understand fully the emotional reaction and impacts this does to an individual and family. The story unfold after Josh is killed. Each chapter is told by a different perspective the parents and Dwight the driver who hit the boy. The police are not solving this fast enough and frustrations are running high. This story pulls at your heart in every direction in the way each person grieves and deals with the loss of a child. I know first hand what it is like when a family member died in a car accident. The pain can be deep and for parents it is emotional the guilt they feel for not protecting enough from stopping it from happening. In the end it does not matter if it is time to leave this earth it just happens. I know from personal experience the spot where my sister died makes me nervous every time i have passed it. i slow down and take the curve slowly. The memory flows back through me that day it happened and it has been 35 years ago and it still impacts me personally. So this story really hit home for me I understand the emotional feelings the parents feel. It is so damaging to families when children are lost before they have time to live a full life. I recommend this book it pulls you in and the chapters comes together giving the perspective to understand each side of this story. Mr. Schwartz did a good job with characters bringing life to them in the deepest depth of their grief.