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Wonderful book. The effects of PTSD are amazing are far reaching. What a gripping story told by the daughter of a vet. I've always loved Anderson (she tells a great story) with such wonderful, well-developed characters you feel you are in her protagonist's world.
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I tagged this a YA romance because my favorite thing about this book was the love story. This is really saying something for someone who typically hates YA romances.
While I found the protagonist difficult to identify with(also, the fact she was a toddler when her dad went to war in Afghanistan and is now a 17 yr old was just too crazy!), I liked the other characters and the plot very much!
While I found the protagonist difficult to identify with(also, the fact she was a toddler when her dad went to war in Afghanistan and is now a 17 yr old was just too crazy!), I liked the other characters and the plot very much!
I imagine that this is a fairly accurate depiction of what post traumatic stress disorder could look like. I appreciated the characters and embraced their flaws, but the over abundance of drug and alcohol abuse annoyed me and I find it hard to believe that child services didn’t intervene.
Feb 16, 2014
Jennifer Gibbons
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it was amazing
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May 02, 2014
Jess
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Michelle
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Sarah McCauley
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Robin
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