acacialynn 's review for:

The Enchanted by Rene Denfeld

4.0

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How do you rate a book like this? On the one hand, it is a beautifully written novel. On the other, it is incredibly sad. Almost the entirety of this book takes place in a prison and the author does not shy away from the horrors that happen there. She tells the stories of the men who broke when they arrived there and the ones who were broken long before they ever got to The Enchanted place. The narrator is childlike in his fantasies of the prison and he made my heart ache from start to finish. I don't know if I would recommend this book to others, but I'll leave my review here to help you decide for yourself. I don't feel like this is a book a reader is supposed to enjoy but to appreciate. This one will be sticking with me for quite a while, I think.