I didn’t quite get the closure. I was hoping to get about the characters in the story.
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I felt gross for continuing to listen, like I was doing something wrong. Should have a trigger warning
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I’m not going to sugar coat this in any way, it was a hard lesson because of the tremendous age Gap (I’m just going to say pedophilia). Curiosity for the end is what got the best of me. I think there should be a trigger warning for this book. The reader did a wonderful job..
Poor writing
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Very adolescent and was all over the place: hard to get to know the characters.
This was a hard book to get through, the subject matter is tough. The writing was great the narration was great. The feelings this brought up was quite a rollercoaster. Saying this was a happily ever after just doesn’t feel right. Being happy for Wazy, Judy feels wrong.
Title of review is all you need. It’s not OK how this book completely glorifies pedophilia, as well as multiple other things. Anyone trauma sensitive should stay very far away 
Uncomfortable
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This one will make you feel uncomfortable during the entire thing. I really expected this to go a different direction. 3/5 for me..
honestly the only reason I kept listening wad I hope it would turn into something else. Pretty sick!
This story overall could have been lovely. Had the author chosen to explore the relationship of an adult who wanted to love and care about two children who were handed a dreadful situation in life, this would have been a heartwarming and thought-provoking novel. Had the mid-20s male character opted to exercise rational adult boundaries..
I found the method of jumping from one character to another, “the collage of voices” as described in the summary, at times difficult to follow. It’s not always clear who is speaking. Have we moved on to someone else? Is this a related character, or a totally different narrative? But what comes through is the..
the relationship wasn’t the uncomfortable part for me. it was the world 2 children were being brought up in that disturbed me the most, because i know it wasn’t just made up. there are children living in those conditions, trying to rise above but not always able. i could fully understand the love between Wavy..