Review: Quite a Bit Better Than the First Book
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 11 1, 2012
Amelia/D.G. does have a story to tell.  She lived a life no child should ever endure, though many have lived through worse.  Her mother is/was mentally ill and shouldn't have had children.  And it turns out her father is a narcissist and wasn't really interested in raising his children.  She got terrible parents.  But her misfortunes do not automatically give her a free ride in the literary world.  The book is not very well written (though this second book is WAY better than her first; maybe she hired an editor this time).The book is still filled with grammatical errors and repetition.  The lack of capitalization for her chapter headings grated on me.  She offered a lot of digression in her story, mostly on the theme of needing motherly love.  I understood that concept early on; apparently she did not.I try to separate the style from the content, but in this book I found that quite difficult. She says the books are for her daughter's sake. Okay, on that premise, WHY in the world would a mother outline so much of her sex life?  What kid needs that information?  I guess all that goes into making "Amelia" who she is, but I didn't think it fitting for a child to know those details about a parent.So, read if the subject interests you, but don't expect too much in the writing department; you'll be disappointed.  I'll be skipping future books from D.G. Torrens.(I want to add that I really wanted to like these stories, mostly because of the subject mattter.  The author obviously received great satisfaction in the telling.  And as a reader, I like to receive a level of satisfaction as well.)