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A review by kristid
Ballads of Suburbia by Stephanie Kuehnert
5.0
This book is powerful. It's been haunting me for days, yes haunting me. After I finished, I couldn't help but sit there in a daze. The first thing that popped into my head was "WOW." Granted my emotions were in complete chaos. This isn't a novel for the faint hearted. This novel is moving, it's upsetting, it's heartbreaking, it's real.
Had I read this before I met Stephanie at ALA, I would have most likely hugged her and cried. She has an amazing talent. AMAZING. Even though I haven't experienced anything like Kara went through, even though I was so blissfully unaware of the world she lived in. I felt like I did. Like I said amazing talent.
And it wasn't just Kara, all of the characters felt like they could walk right off the pages. And I never judged them and that totally surprised me. I never once thought druggie loser, and I should have. Which again, comes back to Stephanie's amazing talent as a writer. To take something that I always thought was black and white and turn it into something gray.
I'm still in awe days later. Thank you Stephanie for telling this story. I can't wait to see what you have in store for us next.
Had I read this before I met Stephanie at ALA, I would have most likely hugged her and cried. She has an amazing talent. AMAZING. Even though I haven't experienced anything like Kara went through, even though I was so blissfully unaware of the world she lived in. I felt like I did. Like I said amazing talent.
And it wasn't just Kara, all of the characters felt like they could walk right off the pages. And I never judged them and that totally surprised me. I never once thought druggie loser, and I should have. Which again, comes back to Stephanie's amazing talent as a writer. To take something that I always thought was black and white and turn it into something gray.
I'm still in awe days later. Thank you Stephanie for telling this story. I can't wait to see what you have in store for us next.