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Be Safe I Love You (2014)

by Cara Hoffman(Favorite Author)

3.56 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1451641311 (ISBN13: 9781451641318)

languge

English

genre

Young Adult Fiction

publisher

Simon & Schuster

review 1: Taken at face value, this book was bad. There was a lack of character and plot development and the transition between the past and present was borderline confusing. That being said, this book was quite politically fueled--it was extremely anti-military. The overarching theme was certainly that we don't take care of our troops when they get home and we put them in situations that they shouldn't be in. "We" being the US government. Certainly, if one agreed with that sentiment, this would be a heart-wrenching, tear-jerking novel. Even so, this book, these characters deserved a couple hundred more pages to really make it into something powerful.
review 2: Cara Hoffman's BE SAFE I LOVE YOU shattered my heart as a reader and made me love returning war veterans' stori... morees in the same way Carol Rifka Brunt's TELL THE WOLVES I'M HOME did for coming-of-age stories. You just wanted to crawl inside the story and hug so many of the characters. Kind hard to believe the stories weren't real - that's how alive the characters felt. I didn't like Hoffman's other book I had read (SO MUCH PRETTY), but the reviews from respected readers were so persuasive, I had to give it a try. So glad I did. Of course, it also made me want to smack Hoffman upside the head for not writing her other book this way - as a writer, I was definitely paying attention to so many things she did. I'm keeping my eye out for the paperback release to I can pick it up and read it again. less

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