Review: More Days, please!!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 24, 2013
I couldn't wait to read 100 Unfortunate Days after purchasing the digital version. To me, when I reflect back on it, it boils down to the Rs: Raw, Random, Reflective, Revealing, Rational, Refreshing, Riveting, and Really? This is a very compelling diary/journal like read. At the end, I craved for more. Perhaps we may see a sequel down the road? Truth is, there is a bit of all of us inside 100 Unfortunate Days; some more so than others. I give Penelope Crowe kudos for having the guts to put a lot of her true feelings out there in compelling fashion for all the world to see. How many of us have had a serious health problem, or a difficult hardship, and wondered, "Where's God when I need Him most?" How many of us act in accordance to society, then gleefully fake it when attempting to conform to life's rules of the game, yet secretly spew disgust and contempt for its very existence? How many people have been diagnosed with a disease they deem unfathomable and take it out on those they love the most, or despise the most, or have thoughts of suicide, and  harming others? Penelope Crowe shares dark experiences and freely allows her mind to speak above a whisper while having lived with daily expectations of being a perfect wife, mother, host, and master organizer of the household. Is it reality, fiction, pure madness, or all the above? Judge for yourself. I felt like I was walking in the shoes of the afflicted. 100 Unfortunate Days left me wanting more. It also left me with a desire to some day sit down with Ms. Crowe and have a deep, dark, conversation about the very things in her head she wrote about. How fascinating would that be? Very! Maybe one day. Until then, at least now I can catch my breath...before I read it again!