author: lloyd jones
completion date: 05/07/10
method: borrowed (mum)
normally when someone lends you an upsetting book they warn you. they hand it to you (just like my father did with engleby) and say, "now it gets upsetting at the end- just so you know". so you know. you know that everything win't always be coming up roses. this book came with no such disclaimer, but it needed one. more than any of the other books i have read, this book needs to come with a major warning label. i was also on the bus so i couldn't have the breakdown i thought needed. this one deserved an ugly cry.
the worst part about it is that it comes so unexpectedly. the story up until this point is so beautiful and heartfelt. i couldn't really figure out a time period, but i have a feeling its around the 70's or 80's. it is the story of a small village torn apart by the wealth of the soil (paraphrasing seriously) and how the children of this village are entranced by a man (the only white man in the village) reading them the story of great expectations. i'm actually having trouble writing about this one, because what happened at the end was just not something i was able to handle. i am not going to be able to read this book again, however i really recommend it. it was beautiful, but it just grabbed your heart, ripped it out and fed it to you.
i don't know how many of these stories of trials and tribulations suffered by young children i can keep reading. they have really been getting to me in my dreams and i just need to read something a little more light hearted so i can get out of bed in the morning.
xo-ellebee
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