by N. Griffin
The writing style was hard for me to get used to at first, but I don't dislike it. This book is wonderfully written and I loved Dinah and Skint. I live how they were so different, yet I found myself relating to both of them.The ending, though. There were a couple things that went unanswered and I re...
Ohhh,I'm loving the sound of this book.
Cross-posted on ReaderlingThis is the kind of book that gets me right between the ribs like a blade, but softer, like I've been running and my own body cuts itself as my breath heaves. Trying to talk about this book is a blinding overshare in the offing, my desire to remember myself as I was in a se...
This made me think of everything. Every single sweet and sad thing that ever happened. Still, it stayed its own, and I loved these kids like crazy. So stupid. This stupid book made me cry from the Donkey Waltz all the way till the end. But, it wasn’t a mean book that was setting out just to mak...
12/12 Bumping this up a star- it's stayed with me, whole, all the time since I read it. I think about Skint a lot. No, really. A lot. 8/12 Disclaimer first: I am friends with the author of this remarkable book, though I flatter myself that I'm reasonably objective nonetheless.Wow, this book packs an...