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5.0
This book forever holds a spot in my heart, I never get sick of it and have read it over and over again since I was a teenager. Even though I know what’s coming I still cry every single time.
As I’ve gotten older reading between the lines has gotten a lot more obvious, it’s not just a simple wee romance YA book, it has a lot of hidden messages and problems that happen within, your dealing with grief, alcoholism, depression, suicide attempts, possession, abuse even slight undertones of child predatory. I love that even with all these subjects the fmc doesn’t stop fighting, she continues on and will continue to for her family, she never gives up hope and even with all of this surrounding her is able to find happiness in the little things.
I love the characters how they are created, their unique personalities and how they present themselves.
It is a short story and the ending isn’t even that happy. Questions don’t get answered but yet it still feels like enough.
Although I would love to know what does happen, do they get together? does the family make it through all this? what happened to the brother?
You can tell the book was written in the 1980s with all the quirky sayings and the technology mentioned and it fascinates me in a way to see life so simple back then.
It could be the fact that this was the first book I ever fell in love with or because it’s a book I crave from time to time I’m not sure but it’s forever a 5 star to me.
As I’ve gotten older reading between the lines has gotten a lot more obvious, it’s not just a simple wee romance YA book, it has a lot of hidden messages and problems that happen within, your dealing with grief, alcoholism, depression, suicide attempts, possession, abuse even slight undertones of child predatory. I love that even with all these subjects the fmc doesn’t stop fighting, she continues on and will continue to for her family, she never gives up hope and even with all of this surrounding her is able to find happiness in the little things.
I love the characters how they are created, their unique personalities and how they present themselves.
It is a short story and the ending isn’t even that happy. Questions don’t get answered but yet it still feels like enough.
Although I would love to know what does happen, do they get together? does the family make it through all this? what happened to the brother?
You can tell the book was written in the 1980s with all the quirky sayings and the technology mentioned and it fascinates me in a way to see life so simple back then.
It could be the fact that this was the first book I ever fell in love with or because it’s a book I crave from time to time I’m not sure but it’s forever a 5 star to me.
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