Review: Lessons
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 8, 2014
Great story and a lesson in life.  Abuse is something that in most stories is touched on to add to the element of drama.  In this story however, it WAS the story and was dissected in a way that makes the reader take notice of the entire cycle of abuse.  The reason for it.  The effects of it.  The impact it makes not only on the abused but on everyone included in the background including the abuser and the bistanders.The reason I gave the book 4 rather than 5 stars is because the writing would flip flop a lot between intellectual thought and unintelligent verbiage.  It's hard to believe that someone is having thoughts that seem straight from a psychology text book and then speak using filthy words in the next sentence.  Some of the dialogue felt a bit mechanical or had unnatural flow and was not how people would actually speak to one another.All in all it was a great story and I'm glad I found it.