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The author takes us on a journey, exploring her last days with her father. As we swim through a sea of emotions, the unfolding of a little girls love for her father will surely touch your heart. Based on a true story, Widley, shares her most intimate childhood memories. A definite page turner.
29 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 27, 2020
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July 14, 2020
This is a story of a young daughter who is grappling with losing her father while she was still young. The epistolary style of writing here showcases the rawness of her emotions and how she, as a young girl, is dealing with the aftermath of her father having passed away.
This diary-style of writing was very raw, emotional, private, and informal. Not sure at what age the author was when writing this book, but it reads like a teenager's private diary describing how she is handling her new life without her father being present.
The book is divided into small "vignette-type" chapters and shares a touching first person account of her life with and without her dad. Seeing that the death of her father is very sensitive, and personal, I don't know if writing in this way made it very effective. The writing is almost too personal, too informal, and I feel as if I'm violating her privacy by reading this book. The writing appears to me to be disjointed, disorganized in thought, and scattered because of the very nature of this personal subject; dealing with the emotions of losing her father. Reading this reminds me of looking through a broken mirror. All the pieces are there, but it's all over the place at the same time, which is how one may feel when losing a parent who is close to them.
This is a very short read (35 pages), but it feels like the author tore out a section of her diary and presented it as a book. I'm not sure if this is meant to be a memoir, a short story collection, a novella, a journal, a diary??? I'm not sure. There is no plot or storyline leading to a plot. I feel like the plane took off without a destination in mind.
However, I can relate to losing a father prematurely due to health conditions at an early age. I also grappled with similar emotions and understood her guilt and wistfulness of what she could have done while he was here or what she didn't do while he was here. Those emotions are seen in these pages quite clearly. However, the execution of sharing these emotions didn't quite hit the mark for me. I truly believe the author had something on her heart that she wanted to share and other people to read, so I do commend her on creating this piece of work because I can imagine how hard it was to relive her memories of her dad while writing this book. I would definitely encourage her to keep writing and gleaning knowledge from other authors who can help her tell her stories, as she has a knack for storytelling.
Thank you Widley Oge and Molding Messengers for providing me with this book in favor of a fair and honest opinion.
This diary-style of writing was very raw, emotional, private, and informal. Not sure at what age the author was when writing this book, but it reads like a teenager's private diary describing how she is handling her new life without her father being present.
The book is divided into small "vignette-type" chapters and shares a touching first person account of her life with and without her dad. Seeing that the death of her father is very sensitive, and personal, I don't know if writing in this way made it very effective. The writing is almost too personal, too informal, and I feel as if I'm violating her privacy by reading this book. The writing appears to me to be disjointed, disorganized in thought, and scattered because of the very nature of this personal subject; dealing with the emotions of losing her father. Reading this reminds me of looking through a broken mirror. All the pieces are there, but it's all over the place at the same time, which is how one may feel when losing a parent who is close to them.
This is a very short read (35 pages), but it feels like the author tore out a section of her diary and presented it as a book. I'm not sure if this is meant to be a memoir, a short story collection, a novella, a journal, a diary??? I'm not sure. There is no plot or storyline leading to a plot. I feel like the plane took off without a destination in mind.
However, I can relate to losing a father prematurely due to health conditions at an early age. I also grappled with similar emotions and understood her guilt and wistfulness of what she could have done while he was here or what she didn't do while he was here. Those emotions are seen in these pages quite clearly. However, the execution of sharing these emotions didn't quite hit the mark for me. I truly believe the author had something on her heart that she wanted to share and other people to read, so I do commend her on creating this piece of work because I can imagine how hard it was to relive her memories of her dad while writing this book. I would definitely encourage her to keep writing and gleaning knowledge from other authors who can help her tell her stories, as she has a knack for storytelling.
Thank you Widley Oge and Molding Messengers for providing me with this book in favor of a fair and honest opinion.
June 20, 2020
This is a journal style short read where author talks about the last minutes she spent with her father and how his death changed her as a person and her life as whole.
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“This person that did everything for me, taught me everything, defended me, loved me, and had me explore with him, was gone. I was empty. It was like I died on the inside.”.
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I have been closely associated with someone who lost her father at very young age. So, I understood every word author has written keenly the way it should be. It can hit close to home for many.
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Writing is real but informal and journal style. I would say narration is not very gripping, though the content is. The emotions are so real. It’s a very short and quick read (20 minutes).
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“This person that did everything for me, taught me everything, defended me, loved me, and had me explore with him, was gone. I was empty. It was like I died on the inside.”.
📃📃📃.
I have been closely associated with someone who lost her father at very young age. So, I understood every word author has written keenly the way it should be. It can hit close to home for many.
📃📃📃.
Writing is real but informal and journal style. I would say narration is not very gripping, though the content is. The emotions are so real. It’s a very short and quick read (20 minutes).
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