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She was forcing out the sound in a long ribbon, and every few seconds she flicked her eyes to the side to make sure I was watching. Her second book, THAT WAS WHEN PEOPLE STARTED TO WORRY (Icon, 2018), looked more broadly at mental illness in young women. Her Dad makes rare appearances in her life and her mother is one of the most neglectful I've read about. Was all it took for me to feel like god, it didn’t take much at all, I wrapped my hands around his neck and squeezed until he didn’t move anymore. This is the story of Chrissie aged 8 and twenty years on as Julia with a child of her own, it is told in a dual narrative.
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This second timeline works well for reflection, trying to establish a new life and new norm, and if you weren’t provided with the connection, you would believe these to be two very different people. It was stupid that she was there at all, bobbing half a stupid step behind me with her stupid wonky teeth. A quarter of the way through I was OH MY GOODNESS POOR LITTLE LOVE ( now that disturbed me) as I’ve got sympathy, understanding and raw empat She is constantly living in fear that one wrong move, one deviation from her schedule and one late dinner will result in Molly being ripped from her grasp and her never to be seen again. Along with the gripping storyline, the author has drawn such a vivid and chilling characterisation of Chrissie, that she actually feels real, and she’s certainly not a character I will forget in a hurry, and this Ms Tucker, is the highest compliment I can pay you.This is her first full-length fictional work and she uses her experience and education in experimental psychology to full advantage. The theme of redemption is strong throughout, and may challenge the reader's bandwidth of forgiveness and empathy. I had Chrissie’s time period pin-pointed to late 1970’s, and Julia’s to early 90’s, as there were no references to mobile phones or the internet in either POV, Chrissie’s schooling mirrored mine, and video tapes were mentioned circa Julia/Chrissie aged eighteen. After such a horrifying start, the novel takes us into Chrissie’s life as she hugs her wicked secret to her while those around her hunt for the little boy’s killer.
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This is a dark and uncomfortable book that takes a raw look at child neglect, emotional and physical abuse, trauma, and facing the consequences.Adult Chrissie, aka Julia, wants and expects herself to be perfect and lives in fear all the time that she is not good enough. She worries endlessly that she too is a terrible mom like hers was, she worries her daughter will turn out like her, a bad seed. I couldn’t understand the stark difference between Chrissie and Julie’s personalities, causing me uncertainty about rating this book. King uses the phrase keeping it on the down-low in a way that suggests he probably doesn’t understand how this phrase is currently used—and has been used for quite a while. In a multilayered narrative we learn of Chrissie's background of poverty, neglect and abuse, a mother that had never wanted her, leaving her starving and ignored, and a father that flitted in and out of her life, who could not care less for her either.
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