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A review by askine09
Send by Patty Blount
4.0
I was given a review copy of this book at BEA by a very enthusiastic representative of Sourcebooks (really hope she decides to go through with the idea of a book vlog, she'd be great at it).
Sometimes a book just rips your heart out with how raw and honest they are. Stories that lives with you, stories you're glad you got to read no matter how painful they are because they are so beautiful in their heartbreak. Send is a book like that.
I grew to love Dan and the other characters for their complexity and wealth of emotion. These are characters who do not live in a vacuum, and whose choices have consequences - sometimes horrible ones.
Forgiveness (of others and oneself), consequences, vengeance, love, bullying, bitterness, family, friends, and hope. It's a lot to have in one book, but Patty Blount pulls it off wonderfully. She weaves it all together in a complex story with depth and resonance far beyond the central themes in Send.
Send is a book that needs to be read, not least because of the dialog it can begin on topics like bullying, punishment, forgiveness, and how the consequences of our actions can reach far beyond ourselves.
My full review is here: Send (review is in Norwegian).
Sometimes a book just rips your heart out with how raw and honest they are. Stories that lives with you, stories you're glad you got to read no matter how painful they are because they are so beautiful in their heartbreak. Send is a book like that.
I grew to love Dan and the other characters for their complexity and wealth of emotion. These are characters who do not live in a vacuum, and whose choices have consequences - sometimes horrible ones.
Forgiveness (of others and oneself), consequences, vengeance, love, bullying, bitterness, family, friends, and hope. It's a lot to have in one book, but Patty Blount pulls it off wonderfully. She weaves it all together in a complex story with depth and resonance far beyond the central themes in Send.
Send is a book that needs to be read, not least because of the dialog it can begin on topics like bullying, punishment, forgiveness, and how the consequences of our actions can reach far beyond ourselves.
My full review is here: Send (review is in Norwegian).