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A review by danielagreads
Accidental by Alex Richards
4.0
Accidental follows a teenage girl named Johanna who is raised by her grandparents after her mother dies in a car accident and her father leaves the picture. However, her whole world is turned upside down when her father comes back with a devastating truth: Johanna had accidentally shot and killed her mother when she was only two years old.
This book covers a very heavy topic that isn't often talked about in the realm of gun violence. The author delves into all of the conflicting emotions experienced by Johanna, her guilt, sadness, and frustration. Johanna's relationships between the people around her are also fundamental to how she deals with her grief. Her grandparents' well-meaning lie causes a rift between them, the tension growing with the suppression of what really happened in Johanna's early life. Johanna also relies on her friends and new boyfriend to learn to ccet her past and what she can do to one day come to terms with what she had done. I feel like this book was excellently written, not afraid to go through all of the tangled emotions for a teen who has gone through terrible circumstances.
This book covers a very heavy topic that isn't often talked about in the realm of gun violence. The author delves into all of the conflicting emotions experienced by Johanna, her guilt, sadness, and frustration. Johanna's relationships between the people around her are also fundamental to how she deals with her grief. Her grandparents' well-meaning lie causes a rift between them, the tension growing with the suppression of what really happened in Johanna's early life. Johanna also relies on her friends and new boyfriend to learn to ccet her past and what she can do to one day come to terms with what she had done. I feel like this book was excellently written, not afraid to go through all of the tangled emotions for a teen who has gone through terrible circumstances.