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Reconstructing Amelia - Community Reviews back

by Kimberly McCreight
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silverneurotic
silverneurotic rated it 11 years ago
From Goodreads: A stunning debut novel in which a single mother reconstructs her teenaged daughter's life, sifting through her emails, texts, and social media to piece together the shocking truth about the last days of her life.Litigation lawyer and harried single mother Kate Baron is stunned when h...
The Book Diva's Reads
The Book Diva's Reads rated it 11 years ago
3.5 star read
Sterek
Sterek rated it 11 years ago
I did like this book but I felt like the ending was kind of anticlimactic. Which is weird considering you know what’s going to happen, you just don’t know the how it’s going to happen.This is a book about a mother losing her only child, Amelia (which is not a spoiler btw, 'cause that kind of happens...
Bonnie Read a Book Today
Bonnie Read a Book Today rated it 11 years ago
Maybe I just didn't get it, but this book was actively painful to read. Virtually every aspect of it rang false, from Kate's driven perfectionism--except she's always late because that's how lawyers succeed?--to the semi-random way she accepts the official line that Amelia killed herself. Given that...
SA Bodeen Reads
SA Bodeen Reads rated it 11 years ago
A page turner that had me guessing until the end.
cczarneckikernus
cczarneckikernus rated it 11 years ago
recommended by Aimee, this reminded me of Lionel Shriver's We Need to Talk About Kevin
Liz Loves Books.Com.
Liz Loves Books.Com. rated it 12 years ago
Stressed single mother and law partner Kate is in the meeting of her career when she is interrupted by a telephone call to say that her teenaged daughter Amelia has been suspended from her exclusive Brooklyn prep school for cheating on an exam. Torn between her head and her heart, she eventually arr...
Literary Marie's Precision Reviews
Literary Marie's Precision Reviews rated it 12 years ago
On October 24, Kate's life changed for the worse. She received a call that her A-student daughter was suspended for three days and had to be picked up from school immediately. But when Kate arrived at the school, she received devastating news from a detective. Her daughter, Amelia, fell from the roo...
Reading Junkie
Reading Junkie rated it 12 years ago
Let me start by saying that I didn't hate this book. Overall, it was entertaining and a fast read, however, it pushed some of my buttons in MAJOR ways, so a review that didn't mention these flaws wouldn't be entirely honest. 1.TYPOS! This book was published by HarperCollins, a major publishing ho...
catdance23
catdance23 rated it 12 years ago
This book is heartbreaking and makes me scared for when my daughter is a teenager. The author throws in a lot of subplots and some of them felt unnecessary.Not as good as Gone Girl which this book is getting compared to a lot but overall a good book.
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