I'm kind of conflicted on this story. Aside from some telling me it's true, and others telling me it isn't, the manner in which the mother treats Dave is a bit off. Being a survivor of child abuse myself, I know all about the random beatings, the "games", and the starvation methods. While my mother ...
So the mother went from being the best mother in the world to smashing his face against the mirror ,just like that ?We never find out why the sudden change .We never find out why David and not any of the others.Why did she hate David so much ?Why didn't the father do anything or anyone else for that...
I read this book years ago and it still haunts me. I can't remember all of the specifics, but some scenes are still vividly burned into my memory and my heart aches whenever I think about it. The fact that Dave has grown into a functional human being is a miracle and an inspiration to me personally,...
It's difficult to review a book like this.The writing is very simple, sometimes repetitive. There is little to no insight into why a loving mother suddenly turns against one of her own children in the vilest way imaginable. But then again - this is not a novel, it's the true tale of a boy who surviv...
A theatrical, less than satisfactory ending to an otherwise good, albeit clumsily written and not wholly convincing story. The dialogues used in this book feel fabricated somewhat and most of the stories told here were simply a rerun of those that were written in the first two books in the trilogy. ...
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