This title is nothing like Harry Potter. The main character is a girl and she would love to live in Harry's cupboard and forced to wear Dudley's old cThis title is nothing like Harry Potter. The main character is a girl and she would love to live in Harry's cupboard and forced to wear Dudley's old clothes. If she was sorted into a house at Hogwarts, I don't think it would be possible.
None of the Hogwarts pupils ever endured what this title character endured. Per Wikipedia:
Krystal Weedon, a resident of 'The Fields' who dates Fats Wall. She suffers a traumatic childhood, raised by her heroin-addicted mother, frequently acting as sole caregiver to younger brother Robbie, and suffering rape at the hands of her mother's drug dealer.
This is not a child's book. Hopefully, no teacher will be giving this title as a reading assignment to her English students.
By comparison, I read a book about drugs where the drug addicts saw themselves in hell and growing additional heads, etc... The Casual Vacancy does not trip down that rabbit hole but it's still quite a brutal tale without a "happy ending". I had hoped for a series to perhaps follow the mother's story after losing her children, etc. Maybe a book that would follow the other characters...there are many.
I had to read this book twice then get the audio book just to understand it all. I really think The Casual Vacancy WAS actually 8 book abridged into one. Sweet Jesus! It is dense and there are no filler.
Good bless J.K. Rowling, I know it ain't easy any slice of life you are served. I wish her well!...more
I am a great supporter of child authors, especially artists...I was disappointed in the painting of the Black Lady. The other pieces were very surrealI am a great supporter of child authors, especially artists...I was disappointed in the painting of the Black Lady. The other pieces were very surreal. I think Akiane has room to grow in her painting...sometimes when you just churn out pieces everyday the soul does not have time to enrich the paint and the result falls flat. There should be a wonder and a tincture of innocence. There is some energy in her work. I can definitely know that this is true. It is something that many artists aspire to but fall short too often.
The good news is Akiane is young yet...so she has time to grow as I stated before. I wish her well....more
I really enjoyed all of these letters to ones younger self. Hind sight really is 20/20 - My favorite is Dr. Maya Angelou's letter to herself: https://I really enjoyed all of these letters to ones younger self. Hind sight really is 20/20 - My favorite is Dr. Maya Angelou's letter to herself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sA5J1...
Rest in peace Maurgarite Johnson, your words continue to resonate and reverberate....more
I love the spirit of the book. I was so sorry her talk show did not work out. ... and her college love! OMG!!!! I was devastated that there was no, "AI love the spirit of the book. I was so sorry her talk show did not work out. ... and her college love! OMG!!!! I was devastated that there was no, "And they lived happily ever after." I loved this book but I want more. I want the happy ending. Might Jennifer Lewis write some fiction novels? ...more
I really enjoyed this story...why? I happen to be from the South and it's kind of like that - fuzzy...perceptions, memories, experiences, feelings areI really enjoyed this story...why? I happen to be from the South and it's kind of like that - fuzzy...perceptions, memories, experiences, feelings are all wrapped in with crickets, armadillos and water moccasins with weeping willows, cypress, black oak and mulberry trees.
It's confusing and it's maddening to say the least...the air, at least for me, is oppressive. As I read the Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, I related to what Rebecca Wells was communicating...
I hope with every fiber of my being never to cross over the Mason Dixon line into the South again physically. I will concede to visit there only through books and poetry - to remember the vast, wretched land that gave birth to my urgent need to run away and stay away....more
This book describes the turmoil of frustrated hopes for a relationship and the compromises that are sometimes made to be successful at it...
This book This book describes the turmoil of frustrated hopes for a relationship and the compromises that are sometimes made to be successful at it...
This book has been unilaterally called "deep"...it is certainly thought provoking! It is certainly brassy, clever and gut wrenching...at least it was for me!
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