Scan barcode
A review by theresidentbookworm
Grace by Elizabeth Scott
5.0
I am a huge Elizabeth Scott fan. I love her chick-lit novels, I really do, but what I really admire are her more serious novels. Living Dead Girl was heartbreaking and eyeopening, and I was better for reading it. Grace was no different.
Grace is a very powerful novel. I don't ever think I've read something so short and so powerful. Grace was an Angel, a suicide bomber to die for the People against a terrible tyrant. For some reason, she cannot go through with it. She tries to escape the restrictive country, knowing she cannot go back home without having completed her mission and also knowing that she has no place in the city either. Instead, she gets fake papers and attempts to take a train to the border to escape. A contact sets her up with a guy who she must pretend is her brother. As they ride the train to the border, Grace learns more she ever thought possible about herself, about her country, and about what life really was meant for.
I have never understood the concept of suicide bombers before this. I never understood why someone would be so willing to blow themselves up to kill someone else. Grace opened my eyes. I really started to understand the true brainwashing these suicide bombers go to. They are taught to believe their purpose in life is to die for a cause. They no longer belong to themselves. I have never been more grateful to live in a country where I don't have to do such a horrible thing. Ultimately, both Grace and Kerr both learn an important lesson: They deserve to life. They deserve life. They should not be ashamed of wanting life, as Kerr said at the end, but something to relish. They, unlike most in their country, knew that life wasn't just about dying.
I highly recommend Grace. It is moving, powerful, and gritty. You will never be able to think about suicide bombers the same way again.
Grace is a very powerful novel. I don't ever think I've read something so short and so powerful. Grace was an Angel, a suicide bomber to die for the People against a terrible tyrant. For some reason, she cannot go through with it. She tries to escape the restrictive country, knowing she cannot go back home without having completed her mission and also knowing that she has no place in the city either. Instead, she gets fake papers and attempts to take a train to the border to escape. A contact sets her up with a guy who she must pretend is her brother. As they ride the train to the border, Grace learns more she ever thought possible about herself, about her country, and about what life really was meant for.
I have never understood the concept of suicide bombers before this. I never understood why someone would be so willing to blow themselves up to kill someone else. Grace opened my eyes. I really started to understand the true brainwashing these suicide bombers go to. They are taught to believe their purpose in life is to die for a cause. They no longer belong to themselves. I have never been more grateful to live in a country where I don't have to do such a horrible thing. Ultimately, both Grace and Kerr both learn an important lesson: They deserve to life. They deserve life. They should not be ashamed of wanting life, as Kerr said at the end, but something to relish. They, unlike most in their country, knew that life wasn't just about dying.
I highly recommend Grace. It is moving, powerful, and gritty. You will never be able to think about suicide bombers the same way again.