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wisepippin's review against another edition
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
btpbookclub's review against another edition
3.0
Another great read from Helen. Finished it in one day an easy read for me. It's every parents worst nightmare. What can we do? Are they going to make it? Who should he chose?
Let me tell you now this family is far from normal... We have a mother who doesn't care and leaves for drugs and a thug. A dad who doesnt know what to do and drinks a lot. Twin Kay is the perfect member of the family the only character I actually liked. Then the other twin Georgie is off the rails and has an attitude problem and lives on the wild side. Every single character wound me up in some way except Kays.
We get an unexpected, shocking outcome towards the end but personally I felt a lot of the good stuff was happening towards the end and then it was suddenly cut short, open to the readers interpretation of what happens next.
I awarded three stars as for me I enjoyed her other books miles more than this one but this was still a great read which I devoured in a day.
Let me tell you now this family is far from normal... We have a mother who doesn't care and leaves for drugs and a thug. A dad who doesnt know what to do and drinks a lot. Twin Kay is the perfect member of the family the only character I actually liked. Then the other twin Georgie is off the rails and has an attitude problem and lives on the wild side. Every single character wound me up in some way except Kays.
We get an unexpected, shocking outcome towards the end but personally I felt a lot of the good stuff was happening towards the end and then it was suddenly cut short, open to the readers interpretation of what happens next.
I awarded three stars as for me I enjoyed her other books miles more than this one but this was still a great read which I devoured in a day.
chrissireads's review against another edition
4.0
I really enjoyed this book from Helen Fitzgerald. It was quick and easy to read. Helen is similar in a way to Jodi Picoult. I found the ending a bit predictable but good nonetheless. I loved the character Will! Well worth reading.
snowwhitehatesapples's review
2.0
Review can also be found here.
Warning: Spoilers
When I read the first chapter of the book, I thought ‘Crap, did Will kill himself in the end just to save his daughters?!’ and hurriedly proceeded to finish the whole story. Fortunately (sort of), he didn’t but I have to say that it’s the most messed up book that I’ve ever read. Not in the sense of storyline or the twists but rather, the confusing changes of POVs. I couldn’t even figure out who’s the other POV that I was reading until I read a good number of chapters. Georgie. It was Georgie that I had been reading about in the POV other than Will’s. Honestly, I could guess that it belonged to one of the twins since it had to be a girl’s POV, but I would’ve liked it better if their names were placed before each POV change because that would’ve save all the confusion I had reading.
On top of that, there’s a lot of drug-abuse, alcohol, sex and weirdos here. I placed it under “because the runaway mom’s a junkie”. Still, it was a rather disturbing read and honestly, I skipped a bunch of pages (mostly the sex scenes) so I saved myself from a handful of them. Though, even with a few parts missing from my mind, the characters—or well, the story is just messed up. I admit that I was surprised that Will’s not the blood father of Georgie and Kay (because I didn’t think as far as Cynthia was actually screwing Heath all along) but I love how they choose him as their real father no matter what…Okay fine, Heath as their chosen father would be a dumb choice because he’s a criminal but still, I liked how Georgie opened up to her father in the end. I liked how the twins got the kidneys they needed; I liked how they and Will were a better family in the end. Though, that doesn’t mean that Will is any less messed up. I mean, sure he’s a dedicated father who wanted to commit suicide just so he could save both his daughters but yearning the “perfect goodbye, the heart-wrenching note” which is actually Heath’s fake suicide note? Bloody hell!
You know what? I change my mind too. Everything about this book is messed up. Like some, I thought that I was buying a heart-breaking, beautiful story about family, love and loss, and boy, was I wrong. Although I don’t actually regret buying this book (I bought it for less than half the price anyway), it’s an entirely dark, twisted story. And, that’s just a nice way of putting it.
The harsher way? This book is so f-ed up. Seriously.
PS: 2 stars because I liked the things I stated and because I liked the description at the back of the book.
Warning: Spoilers
When I read the first chapter of the book, I thought ‘Crap, did Will kill himself in the end just to save his daughters?!’ and hurriedly proceeded to finish the whole story. Fortunately (sort of), he didn’t but I have to say that it’s the most messed up book that I’ve ever read. Not in the sense of storyline or the twists but rather, the confusing changes of POVs. I couldn’t even figure out who’s the other POV that I was reading until I read a good number of chapters. Georgie. It was Georgie that I had been reading about in the POV other than Will’s. Honestly, I could guess that it belonged to one of the twins since it had to be a girl’s POV, but I would’ve liked it better if their names were placed before each POV change because that would’ve save all the confusion I had reading.
On top of that, there’s a lot of drug-abuse, alcohol, sex and weirdos here. I placed it under “because the runaway mom’s a junkie”. Still, it was a rather disturbing read and honestly, I skipped a bunch of pages (mostly the sex scenes) so I saved myself from a handful of them. Though, even with a few parts missing from my mind, the characters—or well, the story is just messed up. I admit that I was surprised that Will’s not the blood father of Georgie and Kay (because I didn’t think as far as Cynthia was actually screwing Heath all along) but I love how they choose him as their real father no matter what…Okay fine, Heath as their chosen father would be a dumb choice because he’s a criminal but still, I liked how Georgie opened up to her father in the end. I liked how the twins got the kidneys they needed; I liked how they and Will were a better family in the end. Though, that doesn’t mean that Will is any less messed up. I mean, sure he’s a dedicated father who wanted to commit suicide just so he could save both his daughters but yearning the “perfect goodbye, the heart-wrenching note” which is actually Heath’s fake suicide note? Bloody hell!
You know what? I change my mind too. Everything about this book is messed up. Like some, I thought that I was buying a heart-breaking, beautiful story about family, love and loss, and boy, was I wrong. Although I don’t actually regret buying this book (I bought it for less than half the price anyway), it’s an entirely dark, twisted story. And, that’s just a nice way of putting it.
The harsher way? This book is so f-ed up. Seriously.
PS: 2 stars because I liked the things I stated and because I liked the description at the back of the book.
emandherbooks's review
3.0
I have a split opinion of this book.
On the one hand I was intrigued and read it very fast. I needed to know what would happen and was invested. The language was very easy to read and I didn’t get bored at any point.
On the other hand, I didn’t feel like I connected well with any of the characters. There was a weird side plot with the neighbour and the twist, in my opinion too quick and messy.
On the one hand I was intrigued and read it very fast. I needed to know what would happen and was invested. The language was very easy to read and I didn’t get bored at any point.
On the other hand, I didn’t feel like I connected well with any of the characters. There was a weird side plot with the neighbour and the twist, in my opinion too quick and messy.
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