Review: Torn By This Story ...But Overall A Good Read
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 19, 2012
Mona Ingram's Full Circle is about a country girl that leaves her hometown and makes it big in the world. The lead character is named Bella, and she has it tough in the beginning. But she turns a scary, unknown past into a bright and exciting future. It is a story that moves along at a great pace. It doesn't hang too long in a moment, and I thought it worked well for this story. The writing was exceptional. I can see the character movements. The wording was fresh and catchy. Very few grammatical errors, but nothing that slowed me down. Formatting was fine for the Kindle.Now, the bad points. I didn't like the hint of incest, and the nonchalant way Bella handled it from the start. With the knowledge you have as you read, you'll cringe, but soon the truth is revealed and you can breath a sigh of relief. But it was an irritation to me that this light hearted story touched on the edge of a dark path. The only other point is the nonexistent personal adult relationship for Bella towards other men. She did not have any relationships for 19 years? Is this correct? No kind of friendly or serious dates at all? Is Bella a machine or a human being? I think on these two points, Mona Ingram did her lead character an injustice by making her passive towards her daughter's decision, and cheated her out of a life where she could have learned from other men she dated. But Ms. Ingram wrote this book, and I must respect her decisions in this creative work.Overall, this book was excellent. I want to thank Ms. Ingram for sharing her creative literature.