Review: Hard to Put Down!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 8, 2012
I knew going into this read after the first few chapters that it was going to be a complicated story. One that was not just Sophie's story but Luke's as well. Maybe not even just their story either, but maybe all the characters stories.I also knew once finishing it that writing a review for it wasn't going to be easy. Nothing about this story was easy, except maybe how easy it was to get swept into the storyline.It was definitely unusual and had lots of twists and turns and was just...well, I don't think I have the proper words to describe it.I really hope I can write a review that will give this book justice.This book has a lot of very real and very serious issues in it. It isn't a light YA read by any means.It deals with so many things that you are bound to get caught up in lives of the people, in their emotions, in their struggles, their love, their hate, and their sickness.Stanley really did a beautiful job writing this, especially considering some of the heavy issues and circumstances that it covered. It is a raw gritty take on mental illness, on abuse, on love, on friendship, and on family.So much transpires in Sophie's life and in Luke's that intertwines and all lead back to one another, things you don't always see coming and that knock you for a loop.Sophie was a really strong character but not in the normal sense. There was a lot she didn't know and had to discover about not only herself but about life in general too and there were times that I didn't know if she was going to make it, if she was going to be as strong as she needed to be to get through it all, but she was and I was proud of her in the end.This is one of those stories that will make you think and keep you on the edge of your seat in suspense wanting to find out more, wanting more of the story and wanting to know how it ends.I give this one a very sold 4 Stars!