Reviews with content warning for Cursing - Saving Noah

SO HEARTBREAKING!

Saving Noah follows a young boy named Noah and a small family. Noah is the main MMC in this book and he is going through the early stages of high school where he excels in academics, he is an amazing swimmer and he has a balance with friends and family.

Once Noah reveals a secret that he has been keeping from his family their entire life going into an uproar. The main question is: if this was your child, what would you do?

I feel like this book changed my entire brain chemistry on how I felt about this specific topic *check your trigger warnings*

I never thought this was actually something that needed to be discussed and really taken serious because of me just being in a space of negative thinking and “hate” energy due to a persons actions. This actually sounds like an internal disease and how can a person, especially a teen live with something like then when they know it’s not right but they just can’t help it.

Lucinda Berry; amazing; groundbreaking and just Wow! I am so like; lost for words.

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challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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meeklovestoread's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

I can understand based on the contents of this book and what it tackles why someone would rate this poorly. I kind of went in blind (I didn't know much about what the book was about); I just read it on a whim. I think the author did a good job of handling the sensitivity of the topic without making it seem like she was romanticizing the perpetrator. I found myself feeling sympathy for both parties (more so the girls). I'm not going to lie getting insight into Noah's feelings about children did make me grimace and angry, but I couldn't help but have a tad bit of sympathy for him because no one hates himself more than Noah does. Also, at first, I understood where the mom was coming from, she just wanted to protect her son, but I really don't think she understood the severity of what her son had done which is why I completely understand why some would find her annoying (the dad was no better in my opinion). The ending and what happens still leaves me conflicted.

I don't condone the mom helping her son die (in the eyes of the law, that's 1st-degree murder), however, I completely get what she did it. Mercy killings (I think that's what they're called) are very complicated to me when faced with those scenarios. It really shows you how everything isn't so black and white.

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