Review: Forgiving Trinity - Literary Roller Coaster
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 9, 2012
When Liz came to me and presented me this book, I didn't have any expectations. I honestly only accepted it because I truly loved the Brenna Blixen novels. As busy as I was, it took me way too long to get to reading it, until now.The book started out with Trinity who was deemed a sleepwalker of life. She had a terrible past where she made mistakes and hurt other people in the process. When she finally had her recovery, she felt so bad about herself and for how she made her family feel that most of the time, she chose to stay in her snowman pajamas and mope. It wasn't until she decided to check in Aidan that her life started to change.Aidan was the guy who took the blame for her mistakes and paid for it in juvenile detention. She was surprised that Aidan didn't hate her. She kept telling herself that she deserved it. Long story short, she looked up to him like some kind of idol. She continued to run away from him despite his efforts to communicate with her and make her understand that what she did was not as bad as she thought.When she was finally ready to stop running, that's when everything changed. She and Aidan had some sort of role reversal. Aidan started running and she started chasing. Turned out, Aidan was not who she thought he was. He wasn't the perfect guy with the pine and licorice scent that she loved. He was weak-willed and he made mistakes just like everyone else.And then, there was Ruth. She was the awkward girl in English class and Trinity's new best friend. She also had a rough past but turned out to be such an amazing person. I LOVE how she would start to "fix" things when she got angry. In general, she just liked to keep busy so she would always organize Trinity's room when she was around.Finally, there was Christian. He was Trinity's super awesome brother. I thought of him as a rockstar but he wasn't really described as one in the book.  Nonetheless, I think he was absolutely amazing and adorable, and made amazing pancakes!Forgiving Trinity was truly a literary roller coaster ride. I would recommend it. There's a lot to learn from reading about people who made mistakes and struggled to believe that they deserved forgiveness, too.