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Rust & Stardust
by T. Greenwood
RUST AND STARDUST is a devastating, fictionalized re-telling of the famous Sally Horner case. An eleven-year old girl is kidnapped by Frank LaSalle, a serial pedophile and criminal who uses aliases to prey on young children. In the unfortunate case of Sally Horner, he pretends that he is an FBI agent after he catches her attempting to steal a notebook in order to impress a group of girls she goes to school with.
What ensues is a tale full of grief, menacing buildup, and the shattering portrayal of Sally's family as they come to terms with a nightmare scenario!
This was also the true crime case that inspired Vladmir Nabakov's LOLITA. Greenwood is a skilled writer, and has a deft ability to string the tale along respectfully, without conceding to censorship or cheap tactics that another author might have tried as a scapegoat to the subject matter.
Greenwood left me dazzled albeit disturbed, and this book is one that should find its way onto reading lists and book clubs--it begs to be discussed!
The one star I docked off was for pacing--at times the story lagged and dipped its toes into the mundane nature of day-to-day life. Given that the day-to-day for Sally Horner was anything but, makes Greenwood's delicacy warranted. My personal preference is for a quicker pace. What a fantastic piece of fiction, for all that.
What ensues is a tale full of grief, menacing buildup, and the shattering portrayal of Sally's family as they come to terms with a nightmare scenario!
This was also the true crime case that inspired Vladmir Nabakov's LOLITA. Greenwood is a skilled writer, and has a deft ability to string the tale along respectfully, without conceding to censorship or cheap tactics that another author might have tried as a scapegoat to the subject matter.
Greenwood left me dazzled albeit disturbed, and this book is one that should find its way onto reading lists and book clubs--it begs to be discussed!
The one star I docked off was for pacing--at times the story lagged and dipped its toes into the mundane nature of day-to-day life. Given that the day-to-day for Sally Horner was anything but, makes Greenwood's delicacy warranted. My personal preference is for a quicker pace. What a fantastic piece of fiction, for all that.