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A review by booking_along
Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano
5.0
how does life go on when you lose your family but are also the sole survivor of a tragedy that killed a lot of other people?
this book shows one version of that.
and i think it’s very very well done.
i really liked how edward struggled to connect and move on after what happens. how years later he still struggled some times and while he saw everyone else moving on and not forgetting what happens but not really remembering it constantly either, feeling once again left behind.
i love how this book showcases how other people that lost loved ones in the accident behave towards edward in a realistic but so horrible way!
calling him miracle boy or expecting things from him simply because of some strange second of luck he survived.
it’s so realistic and horrible but so well done in this book!
i loved how the struggles of the aunt and uncle are shown here. where both don’t know how to handle their own grief let alone having child in their house all of a sudden that is struggling himself.
it’s clearly a type of growing up story but it also shows how fast children grow up if something happens and how hard it is for them to really understand where that put them
they don’t fit in with their own age group anymore -they are no longer kids. they lost that little spark of innocent hope and believe that most kids at 12 still have. but they are also so clearly still too young too really understand the adults perspective.
so it was very interesting to me to see the author play with that and do it so well.
this is not at all a light hearted read but it is also not a das book. because as much as it deals with tragedy and human errors, with jealously and even hate for being singled out by something nobody would ever wish for, it also shows that life does go on. and that that’s a good thing.
it doesn’t mean you forget or leave everything and everyone you lost behind completely but rather that you can let those things shape your life and become great because of it.
i really enjoyed this and think it’s a very underrated book that more people should read!
this book shows one version of that.
and i think it’s very very well done.
i really liked how edward struggled to connect and move on after what happens. how years later he still struggled some times and while he saw everyone else moving on and not forgetting what happens but not really remembering it constantly either, feeling once again left behind.
i love how this book showcases how other people that lost loved ones in the accident behave towards edward in a realistic but so horrible way!
calling him miracle boy or expecting things from him simply because of some strange second of luck he survived.
it’s so realistic and horrible but so well done in this book!
i loved how the struggles of the aunt and uncle are shown here. where both don’t know how to handle their own grief let alone having child in their house all of a sudden that is struggling himself.
it’s clearly a type of growing up story but it also shows how fast children grow up if something happens and how hard it is for them to really understand where that put them
they don’t fit in with their own age group anymore -they are no longer kids. they lost that little spark of innocent hope and believe that most kids at 12 still have. but they are also so clearly still too young too really understand the adults perspective.
so it was very interesting to me to see the author play with that and do it so well.
this is not at all a light hearted read but it is also not a das book. because as much as it deals with tragedy and human errors, with jealously and even hate for being singled out by something nobody would ever wish for, it also shows that life does go on. and that that’s a good thing.
it doesn’t mean you forget or leave everything and everyone you lost behind completely but rather that you can let those things shape your life and become great because of it.
i really enjoyed this and think it’s a very underrated book that more people should read!