Review: Life Demands Action
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 20, 2012
Life Demands Action.  Yes, it certainly does.  When the legal system fails a town of children who are being preyed on by pedophiles, a few citizens (one in particular) decide to take matters into their own hands.I won't say that this is a "feel-good" book - it isn't, but Ey Wade manages to capture the wide range of emotions that come to surface when people cannot depend on "the powers that be" to do the right thing.  Rage, denial, guilt, sadness, hopelessness...you will find it all in this small, Texas town.I found myself being able to relate to different characters in this book - and some characters I wanted to throttle with my own hands.  One character who surprised me was Vivian.  As a mother myself, I found it hard to believe that another mother would handle herself the way she did after she found out such devastating news.  Also, Vivian's parents did not react in a way my own parents would have.  Let's put it this way, if anyone were to ever touch my children in a harmful way, I would kill them.  If I didn't get to them first, my father would.I enjoyed this book.  Durham was my favorite character.  He was like an onion with many layers that kept being revealed.  I love it when a character has depth.  I love it when you think you know a character and you end up not knowing them at all!  There were many surprising twists in the story.  The sad part about it is that it's totally believable and has happened many times.  I'm so glad Ey Wade's book sheds some light on this very serious topic.