Review: A very special book.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 9, 2014
This book is one of those books that feels so real, you can’t stop thinking about it. When I read the part about the kids forming the band, it was as if I had received a personal email from Gavin telling me the story of how Billy, Amy and Claude pulled it together with some help from cool parents. Indigo Tears by Dennis Butler is an authentic book. The author has found that elusive “voice” that writers search for and many never find.When Butler delivers the tragedy that is at the center of the book’s plot, he does it with such understated drama that it’s as if it really happened. He’s writes like a skilled movie director directs and takes us into a world that kept making want to google things to see if they were true. I’m amazed how he was able to make a story about such a horrible issue fun and uplifting. This is a special and important book – it entertains and raises awareness. Indigo Tears is a well-conceived and well-told story that makes me want to read more of this author’s work. It is also a page-turner. I generally read 3-4 books at a time and this one made me abandon the others, as I had to find out what happens. Don’t let the topic scare you off, the author leads the reader carefully through the disturbing world of human trafficking in such a way that you know what’s going on, but you don’t actually see it. Very highly recommended. Five stars!