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A review by tatyanavogt
The Problem with Forever by Jennifer L. Armentrout
3.0
The book was really good.
And admittedly it made me want to be a foster parent someday. To save as many children as possible from having to suffer through horrible foster parents. Thats not exactly what the book was about, but it's a pretty significant thing for me. I've thought about it several time over the years, adopting whenever I choose to have children but this made me think of how being a foster parent has the potential to help so many children instead of just a few. I don't want kids to have to suffer like some foster children do.
Now on to the book, it wasn't spectacular and it has some issues but despite that I enjoyed it. Don't know if I'd want to read it again.
Spoilery stuff:
Story is girl is traumatized by terrible foster parents, she escapes and gets adopted. Goes through therapy and decides to go to public school after being homeschooled for the past 4 or so years. She struggles with speaking and making friends. But when she gets to the school she runs into the boy she grew up with in the traumatizing foster home who used to protect her.
Lots of stuff happens and she struggles with why she is broken and other people who have suffered and are still suffering are normal when she isn't. Then she realizes that they are broken in a completely different way and she is actually the normal one. etc. She faces her fears and ends up with the boy she loves.
Nice idea, cool story. But I just feel okay about it.
And admittedly it made me want to be a foster parent someday. To save as many children as possible from having to suffer through horrible foster parents. Thats not exactly what the book was about, but it's a pretty significant thing for me. I've thought about it several time over the years, adopting whenever I choose to have children but this made me think of how being a foster parent has the potential to help so many children instead of just a few. I don't want kids to have to suffer like some foster children do.
Now on to the book, it wasn't spectacular and it has some issues but despite that I enjoyed it. Don't know if I'd want to read it again.
Spoilery stuff:
Spoiler
Story is girl is traumatized by terrible foster parents, she escapes and gets adopted. Goes through therapy and decides to go to public school after being homeschooled for the past 4 or so years. She struggles with speaking and making friends. But when she gets to the school she runs into the boy she grew up with in the traumatizing foster home who used to protect her.
Lots of stuff happens and she struggles with why she is broken and other people who have suffered and are still suffering are normal when she isn't. Then she realizes that they are broken in a completely different way and she is actually the normal one. etc. She faces her fears and ends up with the boy she loves.
Nice idea, cool story. But I just feel okay about it.