A Darkly Beating Heart
by:
Lindsay Smith (author)
A troubled girl confronts her personal demons in this time-travel thriller alternating between present day and 19th century Japan. No one knows how to handle Reiko. She is full of hatred; all she can think about is how to best hurt herself and those people closest to her. After a failed suicide...
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A troubled girl confronts her personal demons in this time-travel thriller alternating between present day and 19th century Japan. No one knows how to handle Reiko. She is full of hatred; all she can think about is how to best hurt herself and those people closest to her. After a failed suicide attempt at her home in Seattle, Reiko's parents send her to spend the summer w
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ASIN: B01DSWBLEA
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Pages no: 272
Edition language: English
DNF @ 45%Though I loved the setting, the heroine's repeated insistence on having her "revenge" quickly became tiring. I didn't feel that enough of her backstory was revealed quickly enough to justify her unrelenting rage at the world and everyone in her life.