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My Not-So-Fairy-Tale Life
by Julie Wright
This will be the hardest review I've done so far. I know I won't find the exact words to express what this book is all about.
First off I should mention that this book will probably be more appreciated by someone, like me, who practices the Mormon faith, but don't by pass up the book because of that. I genuinely believe anyone can enjoy this story.
Suzanna (who prefers to go by Cue) is...well, for lack of a better word, broken. Life has thrown her some heavy things to deal with, like an abusive mother. She has done some questionable things and for the most part she doesn't really think about seriously changing anything until...she finds out she's pregnant. At twenty-two years old with a mother who is selfish, a father who is passive, and her friends who actually don't fit the descriptions of real friends, she has nowhere to go but to her brother's place. Sam, her brother, lives in Provo, Utah. As you can already tell it screams that he is a Mormon. On her way she meets yet another Mormon who's name is Rion (as in the constellation Orion). Rion would have to be my favorite character of the book (you'll see why when you read it). I don't want to give the whole plot away but I'll tell you this, I was satisifed with how everything turns out.
I struggled so much to figure out how many stars to give it. In the beginning of the story I didn't think Suzanna's character always acted in the way I thought she would. It's not so much what she would do but what she would say that didn't seem to fit her all the time. It probably was more the preferences I have than the actual style being untrue to the character though. At times it was hard for me to like Suzanna but I never hated her. The author did a superb job of making sure to separate the sin from the sinner, but without trying to deflect blame. I imagine that's very hard to do. The plot is predictable but I don't think the point was to be unpredictable, but to be a story about finding yourself.
In the end I decided it really did deserve to get 5 stars. At two parts I even got misty eyed, granted no actually tears fell but I'm not a person who cries over what happens in books. I'll feel sad and sympathize with characters but I never feel like crying. This book did it to me. They weren't sad tears though, they were happy tears. I loved how the author also made Mormons look "normal" because we really are. It made me feel so proud that I'm a part of something like this, and it was cool to see how someone looking from the outside in would see things.
Like I said my words won't be enough, you just HAVE to read it.
First off I should mention that this book will probably be more appreciated by someone, like me, who practices the Mormon faith, but don't by pass up the book because of that. I genuinely believe anyone can enjoy this story.
Suzanna (who prefers to go by Cue) is...well, for lack of a better word, broken. Life has thrown her some heavy things to deal with, like an abusive mother. She has done some questionable things and for the most part she doesn't really think about seriously changing anything until...she finds out she's pregnant. At twenty-two years old with a mother who is selfish, a father who is passive, and her friends who actually don't fit the descriptions of real friends, she has nowhere to go but to her brother's place. Sam, her brother, lives in Provo, Utah. As you can already tell it screams that he is a Mormon. On her way she meets yet another Mormon who's name is Rion (as in the constellation Orion). Rion would have to be my favorite character of the book (you'll see why when you read it). I don't want to give the whole plot away but I'll tell you this, I was satisifed with how everything turns out.
I struggled so much to figure out how many stars to give it. In the beginning of the story I didn't think Suzanna's character always acted in the way I thought she would. It's not so much what she would do but what she would say that didn't seem to fit her all the time. It probably was more the preferences I have than the actual style being untrue to the character though. At times it was hard for me to like Suzanna but I never hated her. The author did a superb job of making sure to separate the sin from the sinner, but without trying to deflect blame. I imagine that's very hard to do. The plot is predictable but I don't think the point was to be unpredictable, but to be a story about finding yourself.
In the end I decided it really did deserve to get 5 stars. At two parts I even got misty eyed, granted no actually tears fell but I'm not a person who cries over what happens in books. I'll feel sad and sympathize with characters but I never feel like crying. This book did it to me. They weren't sad tears though, they were happy tears. I loved how the author also made Mormons look "normal" because we really are. It made me feel so proud that I'm a part of something like this, and it was cool to see how someone looking from the outside in would see things.
Like I said my words won't be enough, you just HAVE to read it.