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Such a powerful book! A very unusual and thought-provoking subject matter, but mostly a heart-breaking bo…more

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Maritza
Sep 27, 2015 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: young-adult
Okay wow this was a heavy book. I gave 5* not because I enjoyed the book but rather that it made me think that this kind of thing possibly happens on a daily basis because of parents who force their children to grow up quicker than they should. How many kids find themselves in a similar hopeless situation and turn to each other for the comfort and love that their parents should be giving them. The author wrote the story in such a way that you could see how this happened. So yeah I wouldn't recom ...more
Jenn G
Aug 04, 2017 rated it liked it
Maybe 3.5 ?

This is one of these books that I don't know how to rate... I didn't loved it but didn't hated it either. 3 stars seems too low and 4 maybe too high? I don't know I'm kinda conflicted with this one.

It felt too much like Romeo and Juliet too me. I'm not a fan of romance and this one is so shocking ! I find it important tho. We need more YA books to be about taboos, it makes us think and I actually learned a lot about incest.
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Tina
Dec 17, 2021 rated it it was amazing
Very special read.
I was deeply attached to characters. Somehow you know all the time that it's wrong, but at the same time you know it can't be otherwise and that this is the only way they can act...
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Tzivi
May 21, 2015 marked it as get-out-of-my-feed
Lucia
Apr 12, 2016 marked it as to-read
Deanne Patterson
Oct 10, 2016 rated it it was amazing
Elle
Aug 18, 2018 marked it as to-read
Shelves: stand-alone, wntb
Catherine Mulcahy
Sep 05, 2020 marked it as to-read
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