I received a review copy of this book for my stop on the blog tour at Donnie Darko Girl. The Light of the World takes place in 1995, which music wise was the height of the decade for me. In the fall of '95, I was a freshman in high school, so while the subject of this novel is intense, the cultural ...
I actually finished this book a couple of weeks ago, but have struggled to write a review. Reading it was a raw, visceral experience. I laughed. I cried. I raged. I don't know that I can adequately distill that experience into something akin to an essay after the fact. This book is about what it fee...
I can see some may like this, but it's much too graphic and vile for my liking. I feel very disconnected to these characters too. I don't understand some of the choices Kim has made. I despise her parents, her aunt and her friends - I don't even know why she's friends with these girls. I don't under...
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