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annikarussell 's review for:
Left Drowning
by Jessica Park
3.5 Stars. I was a bit disappointed, but I also went in with very high expectations.
There were a few superficial things that made it hard to relate to the main character (like her love of running, ugh) but far beyond that my issue with this book is how ... simplified it was.
When I was reading about the main characters’ trauma, I felt like I was reading someone’s second-hand understanding of what it would be like to live through that. Sure enough, in the acknowledgment section of the book, Jessica Park explained that not only had she not been through childhood abuse to any level even slightly comparable to Christopher’s but that she had very loving and supportive parents.
That rubbed me the wrong way, because it made me wonder why she felt she was the right person to write this book. I don’t think there was too much that offended me about the contents of the book, but I would have liked a bit more of a sophisticated exploration into the psychological impact of abuse if she’s going to make that the center point of the book.
But there were still a few good lines in the there, and the book had some fun characters and was pretty easy to read (except for the end).
There were a few superficial things that made it hard to relate to the main character (like her love of running, ugh) but far beyond that my issue with this book is how ... simplified it was.
When I was reading about the main characters’ trauma, I felt like I was reading someone’s second-hand understanding of what it would be like to live through that. Sure enough, in the acknowledgment section of the book, Jessica Park explained that not only had she not been through childhood abuse to any level even slightly comparable to Christopher’s but that she had very loving and supportive parents.
That rubbed me the wrong way, because it made me wonder why she felt she was the right person to write this book. I don’t think there was too much that offended me about the contents of the book, but I would have liked a bit more of a sophisticated exploration into the psychological impact of abuse if she’s going to make that the center point of the book.
But there were still a few good lines in the there, and the book had some fun characters and was pretty easy to read (except for the end).