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A review by thebookguru
Black Heart Blue by Louisa Reid
5.0
so at first i didn't really want to read this book i really didn't know what it was about.
but then i read an article by the author about contemporary fiction and how YA literature is getting darker and what draws teens to read it and i was like hmm yes i agree with what she's saying
http://www.guardian.co.uk/childrens-books-site/2012/may/31/louisa-reid-dark-teen-reads
anyhew so since i'm a Sprinebreaker i got a copy and then i started reading it and i finished today and it just blew me away.
it's an incredibly disturbing books o not for the faint hearted or those who can't read about disturbing things like rape and abuse.
a lot of it is hinted and is very subtle and everything is ambiguous but t=of course towards the end she opens up and tells her story-the truth about her nightmares.
it's told from both Rebecca and Hephizibah's point of view. it goes from Rebecca (After) to Hephizibah (Before).
anyhew so this story is grim but it's gripping and it's one of those stories that just needs to be told.
i cannot stand people who think they are 'holier than thou' and yet who knows what goes on behind closed doors. also, extremists who don't practice what they preach or who shelter their kids. we don't live in the Dark Ages. you have to 'get with the times'. religion and faith is timeless so it's not meant to be harder in a modern time. but people make it hard.
i'm a firm believer but when i read about things like this it sickens me because even the 'holiest' people can be corrupt and no it's not everyone but above all being a good person is more important than anything. because you cannot believe in a God who only loves those who believe...rather a God whose mercy is more than His wrath and who loves those who do good.
so this book...read it because it's a good book...it's an eye opener and the most chilling thing about the novel is that it might seem like it's set in the 20th century but no. it's set here. in England. in the 2st century. and it makes you wonder about all those people who ream of escaping their prison. and that prison is their home. and makes you realise even more how grateful you should be for all that you have.
Happy Reading =)
but then i read an article by the author about contemporary fiction and how YA literature is getting darker and what draws teens to read it and i was like hmm yes i agree with what she's saying
http://www.guardian.co.uk/childrens-books-site/2012/may/31/louisa-reid-dark-teen-reads
anyhew so since i'm a Sprinebreaker i got a copy and then i started reading it and i finished today and it just blew me away.
it's an incredibly disturbing books o not for the faint hearted or those who can't read about disturbing things like rape and abuse.
a lot of it is hinted and is very subtle and everything is ambiguous but t=of course towards the end she opens up and tells her story-the truth about her nightmares.
it's told from both Rebecca and Hephizibah's point of view. it goes from Rebecca (After) to Hephizibah (Before).
anyhew so this story is grim but it's gripping and it's one of those stories that just needs to be told.
i cannot stand people who think they are 'holier than thou' and yet who knows what goes on behind closed doors. also, extremists who don't practice what they preach or who shelter their kids. we don't live in the Dark Ages. you have to 'get with the times'. religion and faith is timeless so it's not meant to be harder in a modern time. but people make it hard.
i'm a firm believer but when i read about things like this it sickens me because even the 'holiest' people can be corrupt and no it's not everyone but above all being a good person is more important than anything. because you cannot believe in a God who only loves those who believe...rather a God whose mercy is more than His wrath and who loves those who do good.
so this book...read it because it's a good book...it's an eye opener and the most chilling thing about the novel is that it might seem like it's set in the 20th century but no. it's set here. in England. in the 2st century. and it makes you wonder about all those people who ream of escaping their prison. and that prison is their home. and makes you realise even more how grateful you should be for all that you have.
Happy Reading =)