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A review by maureenmccombs
The Tank Man's Son: A Memoir by Mark Bouman
3.0
4 stars for the first 85% of this book; 1 star for the remaining 15%.
"My past imprisoned me more completely than anything physical ever could. I carried my cell everywhere I walked, and when I spoke, I struggled to make myself heard through the bars." A heartbreaking passage very beautifully written.
The author had me until the 85% point and then he found God and through God his entire life turned around. Barf. I call bullshit on the bait and switch of this book. If I had been aware that the author's being "saved" was going to be the big climax, I wouldn't have wasted my time on the first 85%. The last 15% is so poorly written and overwrought and uses the word God in every other sentence, again barf.
If I knew then what I know now, I would have passed on this one. Can't recommend.
ARC from publisher.
"My past imprisoned me more completely than anything physical ever could. I carried my cell everywhere I walked, and when I spoke, I struggled to make myself heard through the bars." A heartbreaking passage very beautifully written.
The author had me until the 85% point and then he found God and through God his entire life turned around. Barf. I call bullshit on the bait and switch of this book. If I had been aware that the author's being "saved" was going to be the big climax, I wouldn't have wasted my time on the first 85%. The last 15% is so poorly written and overwrought and uses the word God in every other sentence, again barf.
If I knew then what I know now, I would have passed on this one. Can't recommend.
ARC from publisher.