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Dear Lucy: A Novel (2013)

by Julie Sarkissian(Favorite Author)

3.34 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1451625723 (ISBN13: 9781451625721)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Simon & Schuster

review 1: This story is about a mentally impaired girl who is sent to live on a farm with an older couple and a pregnant teenager, and who goes on a quest to find the teenager's son when he disappears. Undoubtedly the strongest thing about this novel were the chapters written in Lucy's voice. Sarkissian did a great job inhabiting the limits of her mental capacities; the first chapter was especially excellent, voicing the child-like-ness and obsessiveness of a young woman who seemed to be somewhere on the autistic spectrum, although she was correctly never labeled. Unfortunately, the plot itself got a little bogged down in the well-worn territory of older woman made kind of crazy by a past tragedy. Also, the novel never stated when and where it took place. It seemed to be in a rural... more community sometime in the past (mid-twentieth century, maybe?). The fact that the setting was not stated in this somewhat unusual story was an unnecessary distraction in an otherwise fast-paced and readable novel.
review 2: This was one book I was very excited to receive from a first reads giveaways. I really enjoyed that writing style and it was a very interesting concept. Lucy had no filter on her thoughts and I liked that but I didn't (sometimes being brutally honest isn't the best thing). I thought the author did a great job build the plot but I had a big problem with the ending (or the lack of one). But overall this was a very good read! I would recommend. less

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