Reviews

Little Voices: How Kids in Spirit Helped a Reluctant Medium Escape and Heal from Abuse by Kiersten Parsons Hathcock

maralyons's review

3.0

Little Voices is a memoir by a self-taught furniture designer who began hearing from child spirits when she was in her late 30s. She describes how she has always been intuitive, but was able to hone this and hear from those who have passed and help their families and law enforcement. I was fascinated by the subject matter, but with a healthy amount of skepticism. I'm not sure how to rate this one. I found the author's experiences as a medium absolutely fascinating, but found the memoir was a bit bogged down by her experiences of day to day reality and romantic relationships. It was a bit tedious to read about her relationship with Tony. It's so easy to see from the outside that it was toxic and I just wanted her to escape from him. But that's how abusive relationships are in terms of entrapment and being cyclical. I wish there was more on her work as a medium, but liked that she gives tips on honing intuition at the end. Overall, a fascinating and readable memoir.

Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for providing this ARC.

jennahehemann's review

2.0

I did not like this book, even though I thought I would. I love listening to memoirs, and I thought this topic would be fascinating, but something in the storytelling just did not resonate with me. The first half focused more on her background and the introduction into her mediumship, which I found enthralling. But I just did not enjoy the subject matter or the storytelling of the second half, which I’ve never experienced when reading a memoir. Usually, I’m of the mind that you can’t judge someone’s life, but I’ll admit, I was judging hardcore, and it made me not enjoy the book. It might be because I was reading another book at the same time that also dealt with tough topics. But I also didn’t like the author’s writing style. It seemed like she was telling the story chronologically, but then she’d share something that had been happening the whole time, so it got confusing and hard to keep the timeline straight.

I gave two stars instead of one because I did enjoy parts of this book, and I would love to hear more about the police cases she’s worked on. But this book was just not it for me.

amytelli's review

emotional inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

4.0

kristen1416's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0