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Finding Jennifer Jones (2014)

by Anne Cassidy(Favorite Author)

2.46 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1471402282 (ISBN13: 9781471402289)

languge

English

genre

Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction

publisher

Hot Key Books

series

Jennifer Jones

review 1: I had high hopes for this book because Looking For JJ is such a brilliant piece of fiction and one of the books I read as a teen that's really stuck with me. Unfortunately, there's just nothing really *new* here. Looking For JJ was so brilliant because it explored the very difficult issues surrounding murder and children and what life there is after committing a terrible crime as a child. Finding Jennifer Jones is pretty much just more of that. Maybe there would have been more to say if the novel had been set a little later in Jennifer's life. It would be very interesting to see how she adjusted to life as an adult (at 18, she is not matured enough past the age she was in the previous book - 16, I believe - to be facing truly adult situations), for example having children ... moreof her own or holding down a full time job. Looking For JJ put you into the mind of a convicted criminal and it was uncomfortable and illuminating, which is why the book was so fantastic. The problem with Finding Jennifer Jones is that that has already been done. The book even wastes a whole portion on the trial and Jennifer as a child, which is all stuff we already know.
review 2: A nice sequel to looking for JJ which I enjoyed well enough. It explored a bit more into the whys and wherefores of why JJ committed the crime she did and looked at the long term impact her crime played on her ongoing life. It was really interesting when it considered the question of whether she should have to spend the rest of her life being held accountable for something she did as a child. Well worth a look if you loved looking for JJ. less

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