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Short book by holly goldberg sloan5/12/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() To tell you the truth, it is pretty much in line with my first statement, that is that this is a fairy tale. When I look at it with my analytical skills though, there are various things which didn't convince me or didn't care for. I recommend you to read I'll Be There if only for Riddle. His thoughts, his story, his drawings, the world seen through his eyes were the best part of the story for me and the main reason why I liked this book. If I had to choose a kid to adopt, this kid would be like him. Said judgement was purely based on emotional reasons, namely on the character of Riddle Border. I'll admit straight away that I liked this book against my better judgement. ![]() Sam, our modern male Cinderella, has been on the road with his little sick brother for as long as he can remember, obliged by their psychotic father to live a miserable life, not going to school, kept out of society.Įmily is just a regular small town girl, reserved, introverted.īut when Emily is obliged by her father to sing a solo in church and sees Sam sitting on the back pew, something in the cosmic order of things shifts and their encounter will trigger a series of events which will change, once and for all, not only Sam, Riddle and Emily's lives profoundly but the lives of all people who will get caught in this devastating snowball effect. ![]() It reads like a fairy tale and it's got the tropes of a fairy tale, though revisited in a modern key. ![]()
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