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hulinicole 's review for:
The Silent Waters
by Brittainy C. Cherry
DID NOT FINISH
I DNF'd this book, I got 20% in when I realised that I couldn't finish this book. Which was hard for me because I never do that with any book, but I couldn't bring myself to finish this one. And it hurts more because I loved Brittainy's first 2 books in this series. They were so raw and beautiful and real.
While I understand the premise fro the book and the trauma that Maggie is supposed to have experienced, the execution is not good.
I cannot in any way believe that a 10 year old child can some how spell 'mortgage' but she can't spell 'stupid'. And that somehow she understands the concept of sexual assault and murder but doesn't understand that she need to go to the police about what she saw. While it's true that everyone reacts differently to trauma, the way that Maggie reacted was just inconsistent. It was as is she was the one who was held under water and drowned.
And somehow 8 years later she still hasn't uttered a word?! She see's how her silence is affecting the people she loves and yet she makes no move to try and better herself. Or at least try and assure her family that she wasn't hurt physically that day.
Maybe it's a person preference, but I can't read a book where the victim does nothing but claim their victimhood and does nothing to heal themselves.
While I understand the premise fro the book and the trauma that Maggie is supposed to have experienced, the execution is not good.
I cannot in any way believe that a 10 year old child can some how spell 'mortgage' but she can't spell 'stupid'. And that somehow she understands the concept of sexual assault and murder but doesn't understand that she need to go to the police about what she saw. While it's true that everyone reacts differently to trauma, the way that Maggie reacted was just inconsistent. It was as is she was the one who was held under water and drowned.
And somehow 8 years later she still hasn't uttered a word?! She see's how her silence is affecting the people she loves and yet she makes no move to try and better herself. Or at least try and assure her family that she wasn't hurt physically that day.
Maybe it's a person preference, but I can't read a book where the victim does nothing but claim their victimhood and does nothing to heal themselves.