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A review by tien
Between Us by Claire Atkins
5.0
Wow - my heart just hurts so bad...
There are 3 perspectives and at times, some are told in verse and these are just the more powerful especially as they are usually in portrayal of pain; heartbreaks, loneliness, suffering, anything & everything! They are Anahita (a teen girl indetention centre prison), Jono (a teen boy with mixed parentage), and Kenny (Jono's father, a Vietnamese immigrant, who works security at above mentioned facility). Each are carrying their own pain. Each are, or aren't, managing their pain. Somehow, their paths crossed and an imaginary line that shouldn't even be there is crossed. Will this destroy them or can they see their way through to a better place?
This is a novel that there is no way I could have read in one sitting because it was just really painful. And yet at the same time, I needed to get to the end just to know how it ends (I couldn't suppress my hope for a positive ending). Full kudos to the author because I really could feel the pain of everyone in this novel. Let's just say it's a realistic ending so I'm sort of okay.
There are 3 perspectives and at times, some are told in verse and these are just the more powerful especially as they are usually in portrayal of pain; heartbreaks, loneliness, suffering, anything & everything! They are Anahita (a teen girl in
This is a novel that there is no way I could have read in one sitting because it was just really painful. And yet at the same time, I needed to get to the end just to know how it ends (I couldn't suppress my hope for a positive ending). Full kudos to the author because I really could feel the pain of everyone in this novel. Let's just say it's a realistic ending so I'm sort of okay.