Review: This book will make you stop and think!!!!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 15, 2014
As a mother of two children, and friends to several people who have lost their children due to abduction and murder, I can honestly say that this book really touched me. As a parent, my first goal is to keep my children safe at all time and I could quite literally feel the pressure that John felt as he found out a sex offender was moving into the neighborhood. I myself have had sex offender’s move to my neighborhood, and I thoroughly check their records to see what they have been required to register for. Most of the time, the reasons are petty, such as going to the bathroom in public, or being a 19 year old who was dating a 17 year old. Yet there have been a few who had serious crimes against children, and violent rapes on their records. Those, I have always made sure that I let them know in a not so friendly way, to stay away from my family and my property. I also notify all of my neighbors. While reading this outstanding book by Brendan Verville, I could fully identify with the way John felt when Tom moved into the neighborhood. I could understand his reasoning as a child went missing and how he would automatically think it was the pervert across the street who must have done it. We learn a huge lesson while reading this book. We should always stop and think before we decide to take brash action against another when we don’t have all of the facts first. When we assume something, and the damage has already been done, it will be far too late to turn back the clock and do things the right way. So before you do something you may end up regretting for the rest of your life, know what you’re doing and why you’re doing it! I will be sharing this one with all of my friends as I think it is very well written and takes us directly into the mind of a man who did what he truly thought was right, even when it felt wrong.