A Child Called It: One Child's Courage to Survive - Community Reviews back

by Dave Pelzer, Brian Keeler

A Book and A Review #2 rated it

15 years ago

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This book absolutely broke my heart. It is graphic and gut-wrenching. I read the follow-up books and they were just as good.

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tens00 rated it

15 years ago

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While extremely disturbing, with two follow ups that I plan to read, this book had me entranced and I finished it in just a few hours.

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Jazabell rated it

15 years ago

text “Even in its darkest passages, the heart is unconquerable. It is important that the body survives, but it is more meaningful that the human spirit prevails.”

I will not write a review or give this book any stars. Not because the books are not worth reading, but because of the serious nature of the material covered in the book.

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The Bookishville rated it

15 years ago

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When I first picked up this book, I never know that reading it would be this traumatic. It is a very short read but I seriously have to say that it is not the kind of book that you read for pleasure. Some parts of it were very disturbing, which when coupled with vivid details of the abuse that the a...

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elisas8 rated it

16 years ago

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jesus christ. i think it's a really good thing that i'm reading this trilogy before we adopt and are still just in the process. makes me want to do more work around preventing child abuse.

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Bark at the Ghouls rated it

16 years ago

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This was sad and horrible and I am glad the child managed to become a stable adult but the writing style really prevented me from becoming involved with the child's nightmare. It read as if the author made a list of every horrible thing his mother ever did to him and wrote them down one by one. Ther...

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Coffee Bean Bookshelf rated it

17 years ago

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The book wasn't incredibly well written, but I gave it 4 stars because it kept me reading. Like a trainwreck...I couldn't believe the things the mother did to him, and found myself outraged at the way the father acted!The book was shorter than I thought it would be - I was expecting it to be more o...

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Xpresso Reads rated it

18 years ago

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Book was good but very sad.

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Kiwiria rated it

18 years ago

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I did not like this book. But that's okay. You're not supposed to like it. It's a horrible, horrible book. A trainwreck of a book. I wanted to look away, but just couldn't. I know it's the first part in a trilogy, but I doubt I'm going to read the other two books. It was too, too depressing.Actually...

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lostinadream rated it

22 years ago

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Oh wow, this was a powerful book, i cried while reading the whole thing, thinking that a little boy went through this hell. Well hell doesnt even truly cover the pain this poor boy suffered at the hands of his mother. THis started my movement toward wanting to help children. A truly powerful and ama...

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