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A review by kdurham2
If We Had Known by Elise Juska
4.0
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A book that is about a few tough issues, but because the author confronts them so honestly with fantastic characters the book doesn't feel too heavy. A shooting happens at a mall in this small college town and this book doesn't focus on the actual event, but the moments after and the years before. I think the author really put an emphasis on how people need a place to point their fingers for the blame and the finger can go in many different directions.
The main focus of the book is on a professor that the shooter had for freshman English and a paper he wrote. With the incident in everyone's mind this paper looks a little more like a warning of something possible happening in the future. And because of that she is blamed for not sending out warning signals and this sends her world into a tailspin. On top of that she has a daughter who lives with anxiety and all of these will affect her also and it is interesting to read from her perspective also.
A book that is about a few tough issues, but because the author confronts them so honestly with fantastic characters the book doesn't feel too heavy. A shooting happens at a mall in this small college town and this book doesn't focus on the actual event, but the moments after and the years before. I think the author really put an emphasis on how people need a place to point their fingers for the blame and the finger can go in many different directions.
The main focus of the book is on a professor that the shooter had for freshman English and a paper he wrote. With the incident in everyone's mind this paper looks a little more like a warning of something possible happening in the future. And because of that she is blamed for not sending out warning signals and this sends her world into a tailspin. On top of that she has a daughter who lives with anxiety and all of these will affect her also and it is interesting to read from her perspective also.