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Indlæser... Learning Not to Drownaf Anna Shinoda
Simon & Schuster (99) Indlæser...
Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. "Learning Not to Drown" was a quick read, but heavy novel that dealt with issues such as alcoholism, drug addiction, and prison. I don't think I've read a book as heavy as this since reading "The Impossible Knife of Memory" by Laurie Halse Anderson last year. Though the topics are deep, the book was very enjoyable. Shinoda takes her time with the story and characters as you start off the novel thinking Claire's family is picture perfect, but as time goes on the threads unravel. We eventually start to see how Luke's bad decisions take a huge toll on the family and relationships become strained. I thought it was particularly clever how Shinoda wrote the character of "skeleton" who is always lingering around Claire almost every waking moment. He constantly makes snide commentaries on the sidelines, and makes sure she never forgets the bad things has happened. I would go on and rant about a couple of things that things that certain characters did that infuriated me, but I know I like to make my reviews as spoiler free as possible since I really don't want to ruin the story for others. Seventeen-year-old Clare has a terrible secret. Her family skeleton is so bad; he haunts her every waking moment because he knows everything about Luke, her drug addicted older brother who has been in and out of prison his whole life. Read the rest of the review on my blog: http://shouldireaditornot.wordpress.com/2014/02/20/learning-not-to-drown-anna-sh... ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
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Clare, seventeen, has always stood up for her eldest brother, Luke, despite his many jail stints but when her mother takes Clare's hard-earned savings to post bail for Luke, Clare begins to understand truths about her brother and her family. No library descriptions found. |
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As for the plot, some of it is a mystery, such as why Luke, her oldest brother, isn’t home most of the time. Clare loves him, writes to him, and saves the letters he writes back. She knows most of the town’s people don’t like him, and her other brother, Peter, is afraid of him, but when Luke is around, he takes care of her. All she knows is “He was in the wrong place at the wrong time,” according to her mother. But how can that happen so often? And why does it feel like Mother will choose Luke over her other children?
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