Review: Real life, real struggle, real healing
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 2, 2014
Okay I hesitated to purchase this book because of some of the bad reviews.. They had spoilers and I was like damn.. I enjoyed Saved and was happy to know there was a follow up just to see where the story goes. This was raw.. It couldn't have been written with a better story line than what it was. I agree that it's short so with it being short things had to be moved forward either quickly or time lapsed from one chapter to the next. This book shows the struggles of dealing with PTSD. Abby had it all, the adoring and loving husband, an amazing father to her children and a good neighbor/friend in Joe and Mary Margaret.. That's the picture painted from the outside in. That's what anyone would see and think that when she leaves she's a stupid woman. What no one sees or saw was the daily, minute by minute hell she was living. Abby really came off as if she was"okay" but with holding onto the idea of she's a military wife and not to worry the husbands with issues especially when deployed she held it in until one day her nightmare in her mind became HER reality... Eric was not as bad as some reviewers made him... Give him a break.. He's deployed and gets a call that his wife has vanished without a trace leaving young children in the house- ANYTHING could've happened in that span of time to his entire family. He searches high and low only to realize she was fine but didn't want to be found... Ummm heartbreaking to say the least.. He's a Captain, he takes charge he solves problems and gives orders and that's it. That's his life... Black and white and Abby is all grey.. understand he wants to be a hero to, "fix" the situation. But he can't.. How crazy and helpless could you feel? He had every right to feel the ways he did even to a certain extent of trying to "fix" the idea of having a mother for his kids with Terri.. Too soon of a thought/plan yes.. But he was also desperate needing a plan before he left again. I'm glad he listened when the people were telling him Abby may not want to come home.. Where things went wrong was using that time filling with Terri instead of him fighting for Abby. He resigned himself to her not coming back too soon. But I will end my review now only to say this was real and raw and to me a better and more realistic read than the first... Not a disappointment. Get it!