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adventuresofv's review against another edition
4.0
Damn. You think you know about welfare and desperation and generational substance abuse; but you probably don't. Assigned for my social work foundational course and took me three days. Be ready for entirely too many people to keep track of
grodriguez95's review against another edition
4.0
Really enjoyed this! I see a lot of other reviews saying the writing is bad which kinda baffles me. It's not bad at all, the grammar and flow are actually near perfect the whole way through. It's just a different style you wouldn't expect the find in a novel – and it isn't really a novel anyways, it's non-fiction.
The style is written very much like an article, or even a social services report. It seemed obvious to me it was written from the perspective of the foster care system itself to highlight the patterns of poverty and abuse that plague the families and children who find themselves in the system. My heart ached for Crystal and her family and I found the whole thing very poignant and fascinating!
The style is written very much like an article, or even a social services report. It seemed obvious to me it was written from the perspective of the foster care system itself to highlight the patterns of poverty and abuse that plague the families and children who find themselves in the system. My heart ached for Crystal and her family and I found the whole thing very poignant and fascinating!
libscigrl's review against another edition
2.0
Hard to describe. Interesting, and a quick read, but MAN, the writing is terrible. The editor must have just skimmed through this because there were several times I had to re-read a sentence, not knowing what the author was trying to say. Mostly this was because of a lack of commas.
In addition, the book is all over the place. While all the stories are sad, and the amount of time they all spent in foster care is deplorable (as are the reasons they are all in foster care), jumping from one story to another provide no continuity. There are so many "characters" in this book, that the jumping around made it hard to keep track of who was who.
In addition, the book is all over the place. While all the stories are sad, and the amount of time they all spent in foster care is deplorable (as are the reasons they are all in foster care), jumping from one story to another provide no continuity. There are so many "characters" in this book, that the jumping around made it hard to keep track of who was who.
seriouslynerdy's review against another edition
3.0
The unfortunate heart-wrenching life story of a girl named Crystal
The book Life ain’t been no Crystal stair for me written by Susan Sheehan is the life story of Crystal Taylor women who struggled growing up in foster care and battled drug addiction in her family. This book will grab ahold of you, and make you open your eyes on what happens every day in the life of Crystal Taylor, when too many of us it's a nightmare. It’s one of the most shocking books that I have read in a long time.
This is a book that pulls you in and gets you invested in a young girl's life and the horrendous things that happen. Reading the books, you can not do anything to help her because all you are doing holding a pile of paper between your hands, thinking of what she should have done instead of what this young girl does.
“Some of the meetings with her mother were frustrating because Florence was often high or intoxicated. “My mother didn’t recognize me until I got right into her face.”
This book is a tear-jerker, learning what a young child had to endure to please his/her family. They couldn’t escape, because if they left where they were at, there was no place for them to go. The children in this book never got the comfort of the home, they never got to enjoy childhood, and they never got to take control of their own lives, they were a puppet on a string. It made me think about my own childhood, and how I lived in a small, rundown home, the floor has holes, the house-made noises at night but yet I had both parents and it was a home no matter how small or how broken because it had love. These children in this book, didn’t get to experience the feelings of love from their parents.
This book is graphic and discusses drug abuse, gun violence, foul words, and child abuse but can be given to a younger audience because they are our next generation and can create ways to he cycle of abuse, and addiction and can push their own friends to continue their education. If they are battling their own battles they can also learn, it can get better. This book taught me to never judge anyone, because you have no idea what they are going through. You have no idea if they have a home to go to, you have no idea how they live.
I recommend this book to anyone no matter what they want to do with their lives. It delivers a powerful message that cannot be ignored. It digs deep into the reader and then leaves a permanent mark, one that cannot be erased. It's a story that needs to be heard, it's a story that needed to be told.
The book Life ain’t been no Crystal stair for me written by Susan Sheehan is the life story of Crystal Taylor women who struggled growing up in foster care and battled drug addiction in her family. This book will grab ahold of you, and make you open your eyes on what happens every day in the life of Crystal Taylor, when too many of us it's a nightmare. It’s one of the most shocking books that I have read in a long time.
This is a book that pulls you in and gets you invested in a young girl's life and the horrendous things that happen. Reading the books, you can not do anything to help her because all you are doing holding a pile of paper between your hands, thinking of what she should have done instead of what this young girl does.
“Some of the meetings with her mother were frustrating because Florence was often high or intoxicated. “My mother didn’t recognize me until I got right into her face.”
This book is a tear-jerker, learning what a young child had to endure to please his/her family. They couldn’t escape, because if they left where they were at, there was no place for them to go. The children in this book never got the comfort of the home, they never got to enjoy childhood, and they never got to take control of their own lives, they were a puppet on a string. It made me think about my own childhood, and how I lived in a small, rundown home, the floor has holes, the house-made noises at night but yet I had both parents and it was a home no matter how small or how broken because it had love. These children in this book, didn’t get to experience the feelings of love from their parents.
This book is graphic and discusses drug abuse, gun violence, foul words, and child abuse but can be given to a younger audience because they are our next generation and can create ways to he cycle of abuse, and addiction and can push their own friends to continue their education. If they are battling their own battles they can also learn, it can get better. This book taught me to never judge anyone, because you have no idea what they are going through. You have no idea if they have a home to go to, you have no idea how they live.
I recommend this book to anyone no matter what they want to do with their lives. It delivers a powerful message that cannot be ignored. It digs deep into the reader and then leaves a permanent mark, one that cannot be erased. It's a story that needs to be heard, it's a story that needed to be told.
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