My review for Ripple by El Farris
<a href="http://cherylseagraves.blogspot.com/2...http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16283349-ripple" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img alt="Ripple: A Tale of Hope and Redemption" border="0" src="http://cherylseagraves.blogspot.com/2...http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1374949914m/16283349.jpg" /></a><a href="http://cherylseagraves.blogspot.com/2...http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16283349-ripple">Ripple: A Tale of Hope and Redemption</a> by <a href="http://cherylseagraves.blogspot.com/2...http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6645458.E_L_Farris">E.L. Farris</a><br/>
My rating: <a href="http://cherylseagraves.blogspot.com/2...http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/702377298">5 of 5 stars</a><br /><br />
Upon opening the pages of this book I was immediately taken to that place, that place where I felt as if I was in someone else’s home. Among their personal things. You know that feeling, right? Guilty because they could come in and find you reading their thoughts meant for them alone, but you are compelled to keep reading. You read because you’re curious, but you know you might not like what you find in those pages. You get so engrossed, you won’t be able to stop reading until you are satisfied and you know everything. That’s how I felt from beginning to end.<br />I love to read, but I usually steer clear of anything too, too heavy. I don’t watch the news because I find it hard not to lose sleep if I hear the sometimes gruesome details of the day’s top stories, this book still caught my eye and held onto my heart. I could not stop reading. The subject matter of sexual abuse is more than disturbing. I would love nothing more than to keep my head buried in the comfort of naiveté and ignorance, but every once in a while I have to remind myself that evil does exist. People are capable of inflicting profound harm and abuse on one another for reasons beyond my understanding, but this book is a true testament to the amazing strength and resilience that I have witnessed among many women. Women like the characters in this story that one would think could hardly go on after some of the hell that plagues their hearts and plays within their troubled minds. Women that prove that they have the capacity to learn from, lean on, and support one another through the unthinkable, and not only survive, but to thrive and help others, even when they struggle with self-doubt.<br />I was compelled, disgusted, engrossed, and often I found myself not only sympathetic to these courageous women, but charmed by them as well. They had me in their corner from the get go. I’m recommending this book to any one that can carve out some time to indulge in a story that captivates the heart and imagination, while at the same time providing the environment for some very real healing to begin. <br />I was given this book from the author for an honest review, and am ever so thankful that she did. <br />
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My rating: <a href="http://cherylseagraves.blogspot.com/2...http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/702377298">5 of 5 stars</a><br /><br />
Upon opening the pages of this book I was immediately taken to that place, that place where I felt as if I was in someone else’s home. Among their personal things. You know that feeling, right? Guilty because they could come in and find you reading their thoughts meant for them alone, but you are compelled to keep reading. You read because you’re curious, but you know you might not like what you find in those pages. You get so engrossed, you won’t be able to stop reading until you are satisfied and you know everything. That’s how I felt from beginning to end.<br />I love to read, but I usually steer clear of anything too, too heavy. I don’t watch the news because I find it hard not to lose sleep if I hear the sometimes gruesome details of the day’s top stories, this book still caught my eye and held onto my heart. I could not stop reading. The subject matter of sexual abuse is more than disturbing. I would love nothing more than to keep my head buried in the comfort of naiveté and ignorance, but every once in a while I have to remind myself that evil does exist. People are capable of inflicting profound harm and abuse on one another for reasons beyond my understanding, but this book is a true testament to the amazing strength and resilience that I have witnessed among many women. Women like the characters in this story that one would think could hardly go on after some of the hell that plagues their hearts and plays within their troubled minds. Women that prove that they have the capacity to learn from, lean on, and support one another through the unthinkable, and not only survive, but to thrive and help others, even when they struggle with self-doubt.<br />I was compelled, disgusted, engrossed, and often I found myself not only sympathetic to these courageous women, but charmed by them as well. They had me in their corner from the get go. I’m recommending this book to any one that can carve out some time to indulge in a story that captivates the heart and imagination, while at the same time providing the environment for some very real healing to begin. <br />I was given this book from the author for an honest review, and am ever so thankful that she did. <br />
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