⭐⭐⭐⭐ out of 5
After reading my first memoir I've been hooked on the genre and wanting to read more. This book piqued my interest from the description and I can't wait to get started reading it!
Each book I read and review starts off with the full library load of 5 stars and I'm always hopeful that they will all still be stuck firmly in place by the time I close the back cover. I'm not shy about removing stars if I feel it necessary, but I always give my reason(s) within the review. The usual reason is for copyright/Trademark infringement which is a real annoyance of mine. I've replaced a removed star a couple of times thanks to a magic little sentence right at the end of the book and I'm more than willing to do it again... it just hasn't happened more than those couple of times.
Let's get going with the reading and reviewing shall we?
Oooh! The introduction pre-chapter 1 sounds like this is gonna be a raw memoir that really hits home in a few places so there are prolly gonna be anger and tears in this review, so maybe make sure that small eyes aren't anywhere near when you read this review and potentially book (if you decide to get it) as there might be a few raw emotions and maybe swearing from me, so be ready for that before you read any further.
I'm on page 2 and it's obviously written by an American due to the emergency phone number used, so I'll try not to get too frustrated by the spellings and different words for the same thing... it's good that I've found out sooner rather than later so that I know not to remove stars for things that are beyond the author's control like the emergency phone number. It'll be interesting to see what else is different between our countries too.
There have been a couple of brief mentions of a popular doll and a famous entertainment company but that's all it's been so far, so the star is still safe, but the glue is starting to weaken a bit.
The first chapter was so powerful... and long at 17 pages. That's OK though, I know now and I'm totally hooked.
The second chapter was all over the place, but was 16 pages long and there's just over half an hour until lunchtime starts so I'm gonna try and get chapter 3 read and reviewed before then, but we'll have to wait and see.
Chapter 3 has got me quivering with hope, then fear. I'm up to page 47 and I'm gonna stop there for an early lunch before I break down in tears and feel too emotional to eat.
I've had a busy few days since I last picked up this book so it'll be interesting to see how easy or otherwise it is to get back into it!
I've just finished chapter 4 and I'm already wondering if this'll be a DNF for heartbreakingly emotional reasons rather than the poor quality of the writing... each word has been carefully chosen to chip away at my heart and it's already breaking me after only 4 chapters. There are 210 pages left to go and I can already feel the knot in my throat as I try to swallow the tears that I'm desperate not to shed!
Chapter 5 broke my heart again, but thankfully no tears yet... this is a truly incredible book, oozing with pain.
This review is already getting waaaay too long and I've barely started the book, so I'll only comment on noteworthy things now, but I'm expecting there to be multiple floods of tears when I can't swallow the emotional knot in my throat any more!
Chapter 15 was loooooong, but IMHO so worthwhile and necessary.
There have been multiple mentions of Trademarked businesses so, like with other books who have done the same, I'm having to take the first star off, even though I really don't want to.
As predicted, I'm in floods of tears. The author has been through so much crud and reading her words has made me realise just how easy my life has been.
Thank you for opening my eyes, Kay.
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