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A review by isabelthearcher
Toffee by Sarah Crossan
4.0
This was an excellent read, full of gut wrenching descriptions, emotions and love. It’s a story about self acceptance, identity, family, home, abuse and much more. It’s a book in verse, of which I’m finding much more novels that I love in this format. It helps to remind me how little words some books need on a page to get across the message.
I loved the premise of this book, focusing on the relationship between losing good memories but keeping bad ones. There were only a few characters, but we got to know them so well, but also I still have so many questions hanging.
The ending was succinct and worked well with the story. It left me satisfied seeing the progress that Allison had in coming to terms with the abuse that she received as a young child. It’s a great story for anyone to read, I would highly recommend it. I’m also going to pick up some of Sarah Crossan’s other works like Moonrise very soon.
“I suppose when it’s too painful to stay,
that is when we leave.
Because it isn’t true that love hurts.
It doesn’t always.
Love doesn’t always have to hurt.”
I loved the premise of this book, focusing on the relationship between losing good memories but keeping bad ones. There were only a few characters, but we got to know them so well, but also I still have so many questions hanging.
The ending was succinct and worked well with the story. It left me satisfied seeing the progress that Allison had in coming to terms with the abuse that she received as a young child. It’s a great story for anyone to read, I would highly recommend it. I’m also going to pick up some of Sarah Crossan’s other works like Moonrise very soon.
“I suppose when it’s too painful to stay,
that is when we leave.
Because it isn’t true that love hurts.
It doesn’t always.
Love doesn’t always have to hurt.”