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A review by namaria
Anybody's Daughter by Pamela Samuels-Young, Pamela Samuels Young
4.0
I just finished the last 7% of this book while sitting at my desk. I had originally given it five stars, but then I decided to bring it down one star. This story was wonderful and made me feel a lot of emotions. It also opened my eyes to a part of the world that I knew was out there but didn't really understand how it was done.
The only reason this story lost one star from me is because I felt like the character development of some of the characters wasn't quite where it could've been. The main characters were fleshed out nicely, which is important. But I felt like I could've known a bit more about the backgrounds of Dre's friends and Shepherd's lackies. It would make those supporting characters feel more real.
Brianna is another one that I felt could've used more character development. I felt like I was getting to know her well in the first third of the book, but it tapered off drastically from there to the point that I just didn't connect with her anymore. The book stopped being about Brianna and started being more about Dre's struggle to get her back, and I'm not sure that's what the author intended to do.
Then there's Brianna's mother. She's barely covered in this book at all. At one point, there was something written about Brianna living with her grandmother, and her mom and dad were out of the picture. That didn't make ANY sense at all because Bree's mother is clearly in the beginning of the book and very upset about her daughter missing. I didn't like that inconsistency because of the confusion it caused me. Despite that, Brianna's mother definitely needed to be in the story more so the reader could experience the mother's pain.
All of this just comes down to better character development, which was the only thing this book was lacking. Everything else was great, and I'd recommend it to a lot of people so at least it gets out there that human trafficking is a very real and very serious thing going on.
The only reason this story lost one star from me is because I felt like the character development of some of the characters wasn't quite where it could've been. The main characters were fleshed out nicely, which is important. But I felt like I could've known a bit more about the backgrounds of Dre's friends and Shepherd's lackies. It would make those supporting characters feel more real.
Brianna is another one that I felt could've used more character development. I felt like I was getting to know her well in the first third of the book, but it tapered off drastically from there to the point that I just didn't connect with her anymore. The book stopped being about Brianna and started being more about Dre's struggle to get her back, and I'm not sure that's what the author intended to do.
Then there's Brianna's mother. She's barely covered in this book at all. At one point, there was something written about Brianna living with her grandmother, and her mom and dad were out of the picture. That didn't make ANY sense at all because Bree's mother is clearly in the beginning of the book and very upset about her daughter missing. I didn't like that inconsistency because of the confusion it caused me. Despite that, Brianna's mother definitely needed to be in the story more so the reader could experience the mother's pain.
All of this just comes down to better character development, which was the only thing this book was lacking. Everything else was great, and I'd recommend it to a lot of people so at least it gets out there that human trafficking is a very real and very serious thing going on.