A review by books_baking_brews
The Book of Essie by Meghan MacLean Weir

4.0

Essie is the youngest child in a very religious family and a star of their reality TV show Six for Hicks. It's impossible not to draw comparisons between The Hicks and The Duggars. The story, told from three points of view, follows Essie as she goes about making some life changing decisions that will effect herself and others. Fair warning this book involves abuse. It's fairly easy to figure out who the abuser is and I'm not sure that it's supposed to be a great mystery but Weir takes forever to say his name. I went back and forth on my rating of this book because I really didn't want to put it down. It was an incredibly fast and easy read, but I would have liked a more in-depth dealing with the issues (abuse, conversion therapy, religious extremism, etc.). Everything felt like we were just skimming the surface. 3.5/5