Review: Heart Broken!!!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 26, 2014
**may be mild spoilers ahead**I just finished Sending Jack Off to Jesus, and writing this will not be easy.  The entire book, just like Book 1, was tough to read.  Although for very different reasons for me.  I could not fathom how parents could treat their children like that.  There were several times where I literally said out loud to my kindle...NO!!!! Those were not parents.  The evilness that was rampant through some of the people was shocking to me, and knowing that it was simply because someone was gay, well I have no basis for understanding how that could be.But I will say, Sara York wrote this perfectly.  I could see throughout the book that she researched through the worst kinds of people's reactions to their child being gay, and what the "conversion therapy" camps looked like.  At one point, there was a discussion which compared the intolerance of gays to a similar situation with African Americans decades ago. It really helped shine a light on how deep that intolerance can go.My heart broke several times throughout the book, seeing how the events unfolded for Jack and Andrew after being separated.And there is a cliffhanger, but more than anything, my heart broke again, at what Andrew did to keep moving forward.The emotions in this book are strong, and if you loved these characters in Book 1, you will be doing the "NO!!" as well.  I am going to be patient and pray that I get the ending I am hoping for in Book 3.A great book, and so very eye opening to someone who just cannot understand that that level of tolerance truly does exist.