Review by kyleigh20 - The Way I Used to Be

kyleigh20 's review for:

The Way I Used to Be by Amber Smith

5.0

dark sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

5/5⭐️

“My body is a tourture chamber. It’s a fucking crime scene. Hideous things have happened here, it’s nothing to talk about, nothing to comment on, not out loud.”

This was the second book I’ve read in the year. This book is about a girl, Eden who was sexually assaulted by her brother’s best friend Kevin during winter break of her freshman year of high school. The story is told in four; each one for her years in high school. This book was SOO emotional for me and even if you don’t like the story it’s self the meaning behind it is great. Seeing the struggle Eden was going through mentally was so heartbreaking and how she felt like she couldn’t tell anyone what happened. PERSONALLY after what her friend did to her behind her back and Eden seeing it for herself I couldn’t forgive her and I don’t know how Eden did.

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