Girls in Trouble: A Novel by Caroline Leavitt Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Girls in Trouble: A Novel
Book Review: Not the best by far
Summary: 3 Stars
I am at a loss by the great reviews for this book? What am I missing? The writing is amateurish. I did not feel for the birth mother or the adoptive parents and I really did not care what happened to any of them. It dragged on and on with no real meaning or feeling. This is just words and more words. I kept thinking of plot lines that would have made this novel great and hoping they would happen but they never appeared. This is just not worth the hype of the good reviews.Book Review: Couldn't put it down!
Summary: 5 Stars
Caroline Leavitt is personally responsible for three consecutive nights of very little sleep! I simply couldn't put this book down. The characters are so beautifully drawn, their emotional lives so real, and their complex circumstances so gripping that I found myself thinking about them long after I had completed the book. What's really wonderful is how she is able to show all sides of the open adoption issue, and how it affects everyone involved. She doesn't pick sides and she refuses to simplify, providing the reader with complicated characters and complicated circumstances that allow us to identify with each character whether we agree with them or not. It is a truly exquisite book and a must read.Book Review: Another Great Book by Leavitt
Summary: 5 Stars
The thing I love about Caroline Leavitt is that she's able to tell stories that would normally rip your heart to shreds -- but coax out the shy little ray of light in them that shows you there may just hope in the world, after all, even in dark times. This novel is a great example of that. One wouldn't normally expect to find hope in the story of an adoption gone so horribly wrong that it irreversibly alters several lives. But hope there is. Finding it involves going on a journey with the characters that is often quite painful, but it's a journey you'll be glad you took in the end. The characters are realistic and instantly intriguing. And Leavitt's writing is as engaging as always. Even if this doesn't sound like the type of story you normally go for, give it a chance. You'll be pleasantly surprised.Book Review: Beautiful! Could Not Put the Book Down!
Summary: 5 Stars
A wonderful well written book. I could not put it down! Suspenseful, tender, creative, thought provoking. Shows how life's turns are sometimes out of our control no matter how much we want to do the right thing's. I love this book!Book Review: slow start
Summary: 3 Stars
this book had a very slow start but picked up a bit in the end. Overall, an OK book.