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Sun Bleached Winter
They survived the apocalypse...but are they ready for the aftermath?
Lionel Morton and his sister, Claire are alone and in danger in a wasteland frozen in nuclear winter. Somehow, they managed to live through the collapse of human civilization, but the real nightmare is just beginning. Taking shelter in an abandoned bunker, they intercept a radio broadcast that promises salvation in "New City" -- the supposed last vestige of humanity. Now Lionel and Claire have to make a difficult decision: do they risk their lives fighting to reach a place that may not exist, or try to survive on their own in the terrible cold?
Lionel Morton and his sister, Claire are alone and in danger in a wasteland frozen in nuclear winter. Somehow, they managed to live through the collapse of human civilization, but the real nightmare is just beginning. Taking shelter in an abandoned bunker, they intercept a radio broadcast that promises salvation in "New City" -- the supposed last vestige of humanity. Now Lionel and Claire have to make a difficult decision: do they risk their lives fighting to reach a place that may not exist, or try to survive on their own in the terrible cold?
116 pages, Paperback
First published December 1, 2012
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Dayle Robert Grixti
3 books8 followersD. Robert Grixti is a speculative and horror fiction author and indie video game developer. His influences, like all aspiring writers of dark fiction, include the likes of Stephen King, H.P Lovecraft and Richard Matheson. He writes because he likes telling stories. In his writing, he tries to blend elements of literary and genre fiction together, because he believes a good story should both entertain and provoke thought. He currently lives in Melbourne, Australia in an apocalypse-proofed house with his very ancient cat.
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January 3, 2013
Here is an excerpt from Sun Bleached Winter,
--Night has fallen. We’re eating dried biscuits by the light of the campfire. The flames glow weakly, dimly. Dying. Flakes of snow drift down from the sky and threaten to bury everything under a blanket of white. Nothing can live here.--
Atmosphere––Mr. Grixti does it very well. The bleak world inhabited by the narrator had been crispy fried by nuclear war. A blanket of smoke, dirt, and clouds blot the sun’s light, embracing every day in fallout winter. Lionel and his sister Claire are the central characters in the story, but things spice up with the introduction of Jessica, a gun toting firecracker wearing clean clothes. Lionel is conscripted to do a dirty job with Jessica, and if he survives, he’ll earn entry into New City for himself and Claire.
Expertly done, the setting was consistently used to keep the weight of doom and uncertainty lingering with every turn of the page. Here is another tease,
--I stay awake, staring into the blackness, and thinking about what tomorrow may bring. What future is there for us, waiting for us, perhaps mocking us, beyond the void of time? Is it a good one, or a bad one? I find myself struggling to wonder how those terms can still have meaning, in a world where human life is reduced to something abstract, something indefinable and killing can be so easily justified in the name of survival. There can’t be such things as good or bad in a place where everything is grey. People will continue to do what they have to do, and thus the only future that awaits us is one that’s as bleak as the present.--
Irony would be another great descriptor for Sun Bleached Winter. As Lionel and his sister struggle to survive in the wastelands, they also struggle to maintain the humanity that has been burned from the world. Is New City going to be a budding society, or just the shadow of what once was?
Is it medicine that makes a society? Labor? Can it be defined as protection from the marauding hordes of cannibals? Does civilization depend upon which side of the gun you are standing? Beware of the dogs––the marauders sometimes use them to corner their quarry.
--It growls once more, and then unleashes a spine chilling howl, its hind legs tensing behind it, preparing to pounce forward and take its prey. Panicked, I feel through the snow beside me with my left hand, praying that I’ll find the cold, familiar shape of the revolver waiting for me. The dog starts barking furiously and then it charges, running at me with lightning speed. I close my eyes, preparing for the sharp fangs to drill into my face, when I finally feel the grip of the handgun, already starting to sink into the deep snow.--
Action is quite challenging to write. For the most part, I felt D. Robert Grixti’s execution of action was done with great agility as a first time author. As you saw, that last passage offered fantastic visualization. Most of the action in Sun Bleached Winter held tension, but in a few instances it faltered a little. Nothing to fret over, as Mr. Grixti evolves as a writer, those hiccups will pass.
For the most part the editing was solid. There were a few words inserted that weren’t quite right. I found “Illegible” where it should have been “Unintelligible,” there was one or two other not-quite-correct words placed throughout the text.
All in all, I enjoyed Sun Bleached Winter. I’d have given it a 3.6-star, but that wasn’t an option. I bumped it up to 4-stars by following my new 2013 ‘round-up policy.’ Sun Bleached Winter is a quick, fresh read, artistically written well enough to start fun dialogue between readers.
**SPOILER AHEAD**
Although I’d smiled at the end of the last page, fully appreciating this story’s irony, I didn’t feel Lionel’s madness was necessary. There were enough instances of grief to drive anyone to the narrator’s final decisions. I felt the hallucinations seemed a little overkill, but I’ve been very wrong before, and I will be wrong again, maybe even here.
For the record—I received a PDF copy from this author with the expectation of a balanced review.
--Night has fallen. We’re eating dried biscuits by the light of the campfire. The flames glow weakly, dimly. Dying. Flakes of snow drift down from the sky and threaten to bury everything under a blanket of white. Nothing can live here.--
Atmosphere––Mr. Grixti does it very well. The bleak world inhabited by the narrator had been crispy fried by nuclear war. A blanket of smoke, dirt, and clouds blot the sun’s light, embracing every day in fallout winter. Lionel and his sister Claire are the central characters in the story, but things spice up with the introduction of Jessica, a gun toting firecracker wearing clean clothes. Lionel is conscripted to do a dirty job with Jessica, and if he survives, he’ll earn entry into New City for himself and Claire.
Expertly done, the setting was consistently used to keep the weight of doom and uncertainty lingering with every turn of the page. Here is another tease,
--I stay awake, staring into the blackness, and thinking about what tomorrow may bring. What future is there for us, waiting for us, perhaps mocking us, beyond the void of time? Is it a good one, or a bad one? I find myself struggling to wonder how those terms can still have meaning, in a world where human life is reduced to something abstract, something indefinable and killing can be so easily justified in the name of survival. There can’t be such things as good or bad in a place where everything is grey. People will continue to do what they have to do, and thus the only future that awaits us is one that’s as bleak as the present.--
Irony would be another great descriptor for Sun Bleached Winter. As Lionel and his sister struggle to survive in the wastelands, they also struggle to maintain the humanity that has been burned from the world. Is New City going to be a budding society, or just the shadow of what once was?
Is it medicine that makes a society? Labor? Can it be defined as protection from the marauding hordes of cannibals? Does civilization depend upon which side of the gun you are standing? Beware of the dogs––the marauders sometimes use them to corner their quarry.
--It growls once more, and then unleashes a spine chilling howl, its hind legs tensing behind it, preparing to pounce forward and take its prey. Panicked, I feel through the snow beside me with my left hand, praying that I’ll find the cold, familiar shape of the revolver waiting for me. The dog starts barking furiously and then it charges, running at me with lightning speed. I close my eyes, preparing for the sharp fangs to drill into my face, when I finally feel the grip of the handgun, already starting to sink into the deep snow.--
Action is quite challenging to write. For the most part, I felt D. Robert Grixti’s execution of action was done with great agility as a first time author. As you saw, that last passage offered fantastic visualization. Most of the action in Sun Bleached Winter held tension, but in a few instances it faltered a little. Nothing to fret over, as Mr. Grixti evolves as a writer, those hiccups will pass.
For the most part the editing was solid. There were a few words inserted that weren’t quite right. I found “Illegible” where it should have been “Unintelligible,” there was one or two other not-quite-correct words placed throughout the text.
All in all, I enjoyed Sun Bleached Winter. I’d have given it a 3.6-star, but that wasn’t an option. I bumped it up to 4-stars by following my new 2013 ‘round-up policy.’ Sun Bleached Winter is a quick, fresh read, artistically written well enough to start fun dialogue between readers.
**SPOILER AHEAD**
Although I’d smiled at the end of the last page, fully appreciating this story’s irony, I didn’t feel Lionel’s madness was necessary. There were enough instances of grief to drive anyone to the narrator’s final decisions. I felt the hallucinations seemed a little overkill, but I’ve been very wrong before, and I will be wrong again, maybe even here.
For the record—I received a PDF copy from this author with the expectation of a balanced review.
January 19, 2014
Before the apocalypse, Lionel wanted to be a writer. He’s salvaged some paper from the places he’s been to write down his story. He gives us a little bit of backstory on how it happened, but doesn’t dwell on it. His focus in life is keeping his little sister alive. If it wasn’t for her, he’d have pulled the trigger on himself a long time ago. When he intercepts a radio message about a safe place called New City, suddenly he’s driven with a purpose. New City will be the solution to all his problems.
By no means am I a happily-ever-after type of reader. I love my horror. It’s just that…would it have killed this author to give Lionel (and us readers) one ray of hope for humanity by the end of SUN BLEACHED WINTER? Lionel’s life can be summed up with the punchline from Jeff Foxworthy joke about having a brain surgeon with a country accent:
“No thanks, I’ll just die, okay?”
Because that’s about how I felt after reading about the horrible things that humanity does in SUNBLEACHED WINTER. I’d like to think that I’m a survivor, but I couldn’t condemn myself or anyone else to the conditions Lionel and Claire experienced in this book. Out of all the possible scenarios, I think I’d probably join up with the man-eating crew. Sure, cannibalism is wrong, but at least my family and I will be fed. I’d keep my kid alive by any means necessary. Plus, if you cook ANY kind of meat long enough, it does taste like chicken, especially to a kid. Everything is chicken to him, even fish tastes like chicken.
The writing in SUN BLEACHED WINTER is deliriously creepy and depressing. It would not be a good book to recommend to people if you worked at the suicide prevention hotline (Seriously though: Suicide is no joke. If you think you might be suicidal, then not only DON’T read this book but also tell someone so you can get help. We love you!). The plot can be summed up by this: things go wrong, people die, things go wrong, and then more people die.
If I were to recommend an narrator to the audiobook version of SUN BLEACHED WINTER, I would suggest Martin from HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY. His ‘depressed’ voice is so hopeless it’s almost funny. And humor is the only way I know how to survive a world as bleak as this one. Overall, this is a brilliant yet short horror novel. The characters and world felt so lifelike that I didn’t want to leave any of the characters in their ending situations. I just want to shout, “Why are you living like this? You deserve better!”
(I received a copy of this book from the author in exchange for my honest review.)
By no means am I a happily-ever-after type of reader. I love my horror. It’s just that…would it have killed this author to give Lionel (and us readers) one ray of hope for humanity by the end of SUN BLEACHED WINTER? Lionel’s life can be summed up with the punchline from Jeff Foxworthy joke about having a brain surgeon with a country accent:
“No thanks, I’ll just die, okay?”
Because that’s about how I felt after reading about the horrible things that humanity does in SUNBLEACHED WINTER. I’d like to think that I’m a survivor, but I couldn’t condemn myself or anyone else to the conditions Lionel and Claire experienced in this book. Out of all the possible scenarios, I think I’d probably join up with the man-eating crew. Sure, cannibalism is wrong, but at least my family and I will be fed. I’d keep my kid alive by any means necessary. Plus, if you cook ANY kind of meat long enough, it does taste like chicken, especially to a kid. Everything is chicken to him, even fish tastes like chicken.
The writing in SUN BLEACHED WINTER is deliriously creepy and depressing. It would not be a good book to recommend to people if you worked at the suicide prevention hotline (Seriously though: Suicide is no joke. If you think you might be suicidal, then not only DON’T read this book but also tell someone so you can get help. We love you!). The plot can be summed up by this: things go wrong, people die, things go wrong, and then more people die.
If I were to recommend an narrator to the audiobook version of SUN BLEACHED WINTER, I would suggest Martin from HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY. His ‘depressed’ voice is so hopeless it’s almost funny. And humor is the only way I know how to survive a world as bleak as this one. Overall, this is a brilliant yet short horror novel. The characters and world felt so lifelike that I didn’t want to leave any of the characters in their ending situations. I just want to shout, “Why are you living like this? You deserve better!”
(I received a copy of this book from the author in exchange for my honest review.)
July 20, 2014
3.5 stars.
Sun Bleached Winter paints a very bleak picture of a landscape in muted shades of grey. Endless snow falls from the skies and the last remnants of humanity struggle to survive by scavenging from the broken husk of society. Little grows in this wasteland and finding simple sustenance becomes a daily challenge. D. Robert Grixti creates a haunting atmosphere with chilling descriptions of a world without hope. I really enjoyed reading it, immersing myself in the broken world, devoid of mercy.
"A huge metal behemoth lays dead across the access road leading to the tracks, derailed and rolled onto its side, probably in the chaos immediately following the world's end. I try to look through the windows as we pass it, but I can't see anything beyond them. They're impenetrable, pitch black: portals into some other world where misery reigns supreme. Two of the carriages twist together in a haphazard embrace around a coupling. An old leather jacket juts out between them, wavering idly in the dead wind. The arm is torn off. There's just a hole where it used to be."
The action scenes were executed well. Unlike in some novels there was no certainty that the characters would survive, making the scenes very gripping. The dark, sombre tone persisted throughout the novel. As a reader I knew that there was no easy way out of the characters' predicament, no quick fix for their problems.
"Nobody has time for stories anymore, not when the only thing that matters is fulfilling that desperate need to survive, no matter the cost. Nobody has time to pass on the lessons of humanity, and nobody has the time to listen. There's no meaning without society and without meaning, without something to strive for, we're without hope."
At first I was a little disappointed by the characters. Their personalities weren't distinct at first and it made it difficult for me to empathise with them. However, as the novella progressed I realised that they were a people utterly without hope. All they could do was continue to survive in the desolate wasteland, hiding from the marauders that meant them harm, scrounging for even the barest morsel of food. All their energy was spent on self-preservation. There was no time to think or feel anything else. Should it have been a surprise that I struggled to connect with them emotionally when they were dead inside?
Lionel and Claire have been wandering the frozen land for over two years. Lionel is determined to keep his sister safe from harm, to protect her from the rabid animals and roving bandits who would shoot you as soon as say hello. Lionel has lost all hope until he hears a patchy radio broadcast calling out to all survivors who seek sanctuary. But time is running out. If the safe haven even exists they must brave the dangers and harsh conditions in search of it. But it's either that or give up on life itself.
Grixti does not pull his punches with this post-apocalyptic novella. The pages are filled with death, desperation and the breakdown of humanity as we know it. I was quite satisfied with the ending. I certainly didn't see it coming but it was in keeping with the theme. In real life, everything isn't tied with a neat shiny bow and having a few loose ends left over served the story well.
A gritty, fast-paced read that will keep you on the edge of your seat and leave you pondering how humanity would adapt to such harrowing conditions in society today.
This novel was received in exchange for an honest review.
Sun Bleached Winter paints a very bleak picture of a landscape in muted shades of grey. Endless snow falls from the skies and the last remnants of humanity struggle to survive by scavenging from the broken husk of society. Little grows in this wasteland and finding simple sustenance becomes a daily challenge. D. Robert Grixti creates a haunting atmosphere with chilling descriptions of a world without hope. I really enjoyed reading it, immersing myself in the broken world, devoid of mercy.
"A huge metal behemoth lays dead across the access road leading to the tracks, derailed and rolled onto its side, probably in the chaos immediately following the world's end. I try to look through the windows as we pass it, but I can't see anything beyond them. They're impenetrable, pitch black: portals into some other world where misery reigns supreme. Two of the carriages twist together in a haphazard embrace around a coupling. An old leather jacket juts out between them, wavering idly in the dead wind. The arm is torn off. There's just a hole where it used to be."
The action scenes were executed well. Unlike in some novels there was no certainty that the characters would survive, making the scenes very gripping. The dark, sombre tone persisted throughout the novel. As a reader I knew that there was no easy way out of the characters' predicament, no quick fix for their problems.
"Nobody has time for stories anymore, not when the only thing that matters is fulfilling that desperate need to survive, no matter the cost. Nobody has time to pass on the lessons of humanity, and nobody has the time to listen. There's no meaning without society and without meaning, without something to strive for, we're without hope."
At first I was a little disappointed by the characters. Their personalities weren't distinct at first and it made it difficult for me to empathise with them. However, as the novella progressed I realised that they were a people utterly without hope. All they could do was continue to survive in the desolate wasteland, hiding from the marauders that meant them harm, scrounging for even the barest morsel of food. All their energy was spent on self-preservation. There was no time to think or feel anything else. Should it have been a surprise that I struggled to connect with them emotionally when they were dead inside?
Lionel and Claire have been wandering the frozen land for over two years. Lionel is determined to keep his sister safe from harm, to protect her from the rabid animals and roving bandits who would shoot you as soon as say hello. Lionel has lost all hope until he hears a patchy radio broadcast calling out to all survivors who seek sanctuary. But time is running out. If the safe haven even exists they must brave the dangers and harsh conditions in search of it. But it's either that or give up on life itself.
Grixti does not pull his punches with this post-apocalyptic novella. The pages are filled with death, desperation and the breakdown of humanity as we know it. I was quite satisfied with the ending. I certainly didn't see it coming but it was in keeping with the theme. In real life, everything isn't tied with a neat shiny bow and having a few loose ends left over served the story well.
A gritty, fast-paced read that will keep you on the edge of your seat and leave you pondering how humanity would adapt to such harrowing conditions in society today.
This novel was received in exchange for an honest review.
January 11, 2013
This long novella or short novel is gripping reading. It is the sort of book that can hold one spellbound until rather too long past one's accustomed bedtime. The subject matter is very dystopian with a less than everything turns out okay ending. I felt that there was just enough hope left that civilization would recover and that madness could be worked through, but the last pages don't exactly leave a cuddly warm feeling. My opinion is that Grixti could have taken the book further. Most certainly the ending still leaves much potential, so quite possibly there is an intention to revisit the characters.
The few editing errors were of no hindrance to my reading. The whole story was well written with very well maintained tension. As in many films, every so often the lack of accurate shooting from the bad guys stretched to implausible. This was also true of their occasional lack of eyesight. Overall the storyline was so powerful that I was quickly able to overlook these details. I would certainly seek out more of Grixti's writing when searching for gripping reads. An exciting film script could certainly be made from this adventure, especially if a certain female character stepped back into the story to save Lionel from his ghosts. That sort of Hollywood ending is left as a possibility for readers to conjure should they choose.
The few editing errors were of no hindrance to my reading. The whole story was well written with very well maintained tension. As in many films, every so often the lack of accurate shooting from the bad guys stretched to implausible. This was also true of their occasional lack of eyesight. Overall the storyline was so powerful that I was quickly able to overlook these details. I would certainly seek out more of Grixti's writing when searching for gripping reads. An exciting film script could certainly be made from this adventure, especially if a certain female character stepped back into the story to save Lionel from his ghosts. That sort of Hollywood ending is left as a possibility for readers to conjure should they choose.
April 16, 2013
I received this book in the mail today, thank you Goodreads and D.Robert Grixti. Started reading it right then, a quick read w/a interesting take on 1 mans struggle to deal with life after a "cataclysmic event" No tidy ending, just a continued struggle to keep on living.
February 14, 2013
Lionel is the narrator. He’s a writer without an idea of time, place or his own age. He and Claire spend their days wandering. The tone of writing is hopeless and with the edge of will to survive which called to mind other novels that have been mind-benders like Shutter Island. There is desperation in the feeling that all that matters is surviving. Why we want to survive is unclear. We see what Lionel is seeing but is he seeing what he’s seeing? Early on he witnesses a woman and her three children as they’re massacred and burned on a woodpile. Later he and Claire take refuge in a Ranger cabin and sleep near the body of the Ranger who killed himself. Lionel tells us, “…loose skin dangles from the edges of a deep fracture, which stems from a tiny bullet hole.” (Kindle edition location 204). He envies the Ranger in the way that though he’s the main character and narrating the story for us makes me wonder will he or won’t he take his own life?
What absolutely killed me about this novel is that it could happen. I found myself while reading thinking about what I would do in this situation. I would not cling to hope, I would not try to survive, if I didn’t die in the initial blast, I would surely try to kill myself. What about my child? Nausea poured over me as I thought of her in that sort of situation. Sun Bleached Winter is a novel that really made this reader think.
Sun Bleached Winter is a short novel, only 116 pages, but carries a big impact. If the novel had been longer the intensity, which had been actively maintained throughout the text, would have been too much. Grixti’s writing style perfectly conveys action and emotion and upon finishing the novel, this reader was worn down. Is there hope for the future? Is it too late to put a plan in place?
There are some passages that defied belief. Lionel is hidden as he watches Marauders and at one point these guys, who are starving, hear him move and peer into the darkness but don’t see him. It seems to me that if they’re hungry at worst it might be a small animal and that’s meat so why not go look? The reason they wouldn’t go look is because it doesn’t serve the Lionel storyline so the reader must say, “Okay, we’re moving ahead” and go on.
Overall this was a really good novel and I would recommend it to readers who like deeply involved narrations and plotlines as well as dystopian societies and stories of human trials and fragilty. I look forward to reading future works by this author.
What absolutely killed me about this novel is that it could happen. I found myself while reading thinking about what I would do in this situation. I would not cling to hope, I would not try to survive, if I didn’t die in the initial blast, I would surely try to kill myself. What about my child? Nausea poured over me as I thought of her in that sort of situation. Sun Bleached Winter is a novel that really made this reader think.
Sun Bleached Winter is a short novel, only 116 pages, but carries a big impact. If the novel had been longer the intensity, which had been actively maintained throughout the text, would have been too much. Grixti’s writing style perfectly conveys action and emotion and upon finishing the novel, this reader was worn down. Is there hope for the future? Is it too late to put a plan in place?
There are some passages that defied belief. Lionel is hidden as he watches Marauders and at one point these guys, who are starving, hear him move and peer into the darkness but don’t see him. It seems to me that if they’re hungry at worst it might be a small animal and that’s meat so why not go look? The reason they wouldn’t go look is because it doesn’t serve the Lionel storyline so the reader must say, “Okay, we’re moving ahead” and go on.
Overall this was a really good novel and I would recommend it to readers who like deeply involved narrations and plotlines as well as dystopian societies and stories of human trials and fragilty. I look forward to reading future works by this author.
March 19, 2013
Nuclear war has turned the world into a wasteland and the collapse of human civilization. Lionel and his sister Claire are in search for anything resembling normalcy, but marauders and cannibals seek to murder and consume them. Hope comes in the form of 'New City', an outpost striving to stay alive; salvation for lucky travelers able to brave the new world.
I love apocalyptic stories, but most rehash the same material over and over. Mr. Grixti's novel is a breath of fresh air in the genre suffocating with the same boring plots and settings.
"Sun Bleached Winter" is a dark and somber tale of the human condition. How much can one person endure before they give up? Lionel as the protagonist is put into circumstances that I wouldn't be able to handle and at times he struggles, but in the end he continues on in hopes of finding salvation for Claire and himself.
I love apocalyptic stories, but most rehash the same material over and over. Mr. Grixti's novel is a breath of fresh air in the genre suffocating with the same boring plots and settings.
"Sun Bleached Winter" is a dark and somber tale of the human condition. How much can one person endure before they give up? Lionel as the protagonist is put into circumstances that I wouldn't be able to handle and at times he struggles, but in the end he continues on in hopes of finding salvation for Claire and himself.
October 10, 2015
I felt that this book read a bit like 'The Road' but with punctuation. There are a lot of similarities: the world as we know it has come to an end, we don't exactly know why, everything is grey and cold, there's little food or water, there aren't many people left who won't kill you for your supplied, two people are making a journey, and so on.
The story is fairly short but well written and full of atmosphere. It's a lot better than most apocalyptic fiction. The atmosphere is pretty grim, but not totally unbelievable. I would have given the book 5 stars if it were a bit longer and the story was developed a bit further.
The story is fairly short but well written and full of atmosphere. It's a lot better than most apocalyptic fiction. The atmosphere is pretty grim, but not totally unbelievable. I would have given the book 5 stars if it were a bit longer and the story was developed a bit further.
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September 5, 2014I won this book from Goodreads First Reads. I should have checked out the first chapter before entering the giveaway, as the book is written in 1st person - not my preferred POV. Which may, or may not, explain my disconnect with the characters. It just didn't feel like there was any depth to them. Some of the description was good, though, if somewhat hurried. This might be a good book for a tween or early teen. Not my cup of tea
January 1, 2014
I'm awful at writing reviews but I just wanted to say by giving this two stars, I don't think it's a bad book. To me three stars is liking a book and I did like this one, I just personally didn't feel a connection with the characters, hence the two stars. I wouldn't steer anyone away from this book but it just didn't have that wow factor in my opinion.
April 16, 2013
I got about 50 pages into it and it wasn't for me. The plot didn't seem to go anywhere.
October 15, 2014
Wow! What a sad story. No happy endings here. I guess if the end came, it would be alot like this. Sad to think about really. This is a quick and easy read but.........you will cry.
January 16, 2015
Fairly interesting read, but it was over way to quick and for me had a cheesy ending. Pity, the road was much better.
May 15, 2016
Really great story. Loved the characters.
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