Review: Real Tear Jerker
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 18, 2014
My thoughts about this book???  It TORE my HEART out!  I absolutely loved it but it was at the expense of my roller coaster of emotions.  It started out immediately with heart wrenching agony and then little by little it gave you comfort, and then rip you apart again.  I love a book that than take me to a place where everything feels real and the emotions that roll through you feel like you are living them.  That is what this book did.  I am not into emotional pain but I do think that feeling "something" even if it is not real helps you "feel" in real life and that is what I want from the books I read.  Otherwise I could mindlessly watch TV and feel nothing with the thought "these are TV actors, it's not really happening".  Anyway, the way the author chose this title "Skipping Stones" and the way she used just those two words in the book was amazing.  The pain and suffering that one person (Alex) goes through is tough on the heart while reading the book and based on the first tragedy it seems like she would have a difficult time growing up stable.  This was a BEAUTIFUL story, that is all I have to say.  I can't really describe the story without giving it away.  PLEASE READ THIS BOOK.  PHENOMENAL."Come back to me. I'll teach you how to deal with those beautiful tears of yours. I'll teach you how to breathe again. I'll teach you everything.""You make me forget. I want to forget. I want to be lost with you. Please take me to another place, a happy place.""I know you probably feel like there's no color left in this world. Like there's no light, instead all darkness. But there's sunshine. There are colorful flowers all around us."