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I love watching the Olympics. Not only do you get to watch incredible physical feats, I get to read during the commercials. It's amazing how much reading I was actually able to accomplish. It takes so long to set up some events that I can read during that part too! Now if only their was an Olympic event for reading. That is a competition I could get behind. Marathon reading perhaps?
Synopsis
Birdie goes into herself and travels through her past. She is able to confront the demons that have been plaguing her.
My Thoughts
This book had so much potential but to me just fell flat.
This seemed to be the same story as so many others. A troubled woman, alcohol problems, sexual abuse and the desire to put her life together. While these things are prevalent in society, especially and unfortunately in Aboriginal communities, and we should know about them and deal with these issues as a society, the presence of them in this story made the story seem inevitable and predictable. You knew where things were headed and the climax confrontation with the uncle was not at all surprising.
The story was also hard to follow at times. You skipped around different timelines quite a bit and it was at times confusing. It took a while to sort out where you were.
I appreciated how the author showed why foster systems do not always work and it allowed a conversation to be had in that regard.
I had high hopes going in but it just didn't live up to my expectations. It could have been so much more.
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