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A review by kamrynkoble
Rush Home Road by Lori Lansens
5.0
This is one of those books that makes you a better, more compassionate human being. I read half of it in one sitting today, turning page after page, caught in a nostalgia over a life that is absolutely nothing like my own but shattered me all the same.
I clearly remember my mother telling one of her book-loving friends about this over the phone when I was in elementary school when she first read it, when I had no clue what the "n-word" was or why it was bad. It had always been one of those untouchable books, and I'm not going to lie and say I didn't blush in math class once or twice reading it. It was a gift, honestly, being deemed mature enough to finally read this book.
Rush Home Road by Lori Lansens covers just about all the tragedies and horrors that life can present a person, in a beautiful package that creates its own atmosphere as you get lost in it. I adored reading this, and snatched moments until I could finally binge the second half today.
I might have to write a part two later, my mind is overwhelmed. I feel intimately close to these characters, like they're living and breathing people. This book was not easy in the least, and it doesn't help how achingly close you get to these people. Please read this.
I clearly remember my mother telling one of her book-loving friends about this over the phone when I was in elementary school when she first read it, when I had no clue what the "n-word" was or why it was bad. It had always been one of those untouchable books, and I'm not going to lie and say I didn't blush in math class once or twice reading it. It was a gift, honestly, being deemed mature enough to finally read this book.
Rush Home Road by Lori Lansens covers just about all the tragedies and horrors that life can present a person, in a beautiful package that creates its own atmosphere as you get lost in it. I adored reading this, and snatched moments until I could finally binge the second half today.
I might have to write a part two later, my mind is overwhelmed. I feel intimately close to these characters, like they're living and breathing people. This book was not easy in the least, and it doesn't help how achingly close you get to these people. Please read this.