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A review by ovenbird_reads
The Heart Does Not Grow Back by Fred Venturini
3.0
Taking a major departure in terms of genre from what I've been reading recently. This is kind of a sci-fi, X-Men, sort of superhero type thing about a guy who discovers that he has the ability to regenerate his limbs and organs. I'm a little more than half way at this point and my initial impression is that it's a good enough story, but feels a bit like it's been done before. There's a damsel in distress narrative going on that makes me sigh and say "really? Couldn't we do better than that?" I hope there will be a twist somewhere that redeems that particular aspect of the plot. However, the description of life in highschool and its accompanying horror and dislocation rings true. The scene at the beginning where a grade six boy is blindfolded and then purposefully made to walk into poles for the sake of entertainment brought me so distinctly into memories of being 10 that it was eerie. I was actually imagining the very playground I was forced to haunt.
I'll definitely finish this book. There's enough going on to keep me curious and the writing is decent. It's a good change of pace.
And I'm done, and this was pretty good. The damsel in distress narrative did have a small twist that kept it from being completely cliche and the ending was fairly satisfying.
I'll definitely finish this book. There's enough going on to keep me curious and the writing is decent. It's a good change of pace.
And I'm done, and this was pretty good. The damsel in distress narrative did have a small twist that kept it from being completely cliche and the ending was fairly satisfying.