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Little Bandaged Days by Kyra Wilder
2.0
With so many lonely hours to fill from day to day, Erika's descends into madness as she finds herself isolated in her tiny apartment. Her sole job is to raise her 2 children almost entirely alone in a country where she doesn't speak the language.
I'm not sure what I expected but it definitely wasn't this. I think many readers would appreciate this book a lot more than I did. I anticipated a really quick read but the lack of dialogue meant the book was essentially 200 pages of desciption and as a result I found myself not wanting to pick it up. The mother's downward spiral into hysteria as she becomes more detached from the outside world is really saddening to read but the lack of proper storyline meant overall I found the book really hard to get attached to. Certain chapters of the story had me convinced there was some big plot twist coming that we were getting a peek into but it never came so I ended up feeling a bit lost. It's not a book I'd pick up again which is a shame, I've saved this book for weeks because I really expected to love it
I'm not sure what I expected but it definitely wasn't this. I think many readers would appreciate this book a lot more than I did. I anticipated a really quick read but the lack of dialogue meant the book was essentially 200 pages of desciption and as a result I found myself not wanting to pick it up. The mother's downward spiral into hysteria as she becomes more detached from the outside world is really saddening to read but the lack of proper storyline meant overall I found the book really hard to get attached to. Certain chapters of the story had me convinced there was some big plot twist coming that we were getting a peek into but it never came so I ended up feeling a bit lost. It's not a book I'd pick up again which is a shame, I've saved this book for weeks because I really expected to love it