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awhiting's review against another edition
4.0
There were things I liked and didn’t like. Overall I felt that this book gripped my interest - perhaps because I have kids about to be of social media age. I found the sequence of events shocking and frightening as a parent. Anything I didn’t like would be a spoiler so I won’t share. But I would recommend.
awhiting's review
4.0
There were things I liked and didn’t like. Overall I felt that this book gripped my interest - perhaps because I have kids about to be of social media age. I found the sequence of events shocking and frightening as a parent. Anything I didn’t like would be a spoiler so I won’t share. But I would recommend.
anajuana2's review
3.0
As a mother of a teenage daughter i really appreciated their honesty and heart to share their story in hopes of helping other families.
volson12's review
4.0
Wow, Goodreads has certainly not been kind to this book. I’m glad I didn’t read reviews before picking it up.
This is a super interesting story of a teen girl who truly was “Almost Gone” both Mackenzie and her dad do a good job of recounting their memories of a super difficult time in their lives. I felt that they did a good job of setting a pace and getting through the story without a ton of fluff. Online exploitation of teens is a huge issue that must be tackled. As a believer, I was not bothered by the religious content, and I find the complaints about that to be a little over the top.
While it’s true that the writing style is lackluster at best, this is a book written not by a professional writer, but by two normal people. I do wish there were more parts by Mackenzie, but I understand that could have presented difficulties at best. I hope she is doing well!
This is a super interesting story of a teen girl who truly was “Almost Gone” both Mackenzie and her dad do a good job of recounting their memories of a super difficult time in their lives. I felt that they did a good job of setting a pace and getting through the story without a ton of fluff. Online exploitation of teens is a huge issue that must be tackled. As a believer, I was not bothered by the religious content, and I find the complaints about that to be a little over the top.
While it’s true that the writing style is lackluster at best, this is a book written not by a professional writer, but by two normal people. I do wish there were more parts by Mackenzie, but I understand that could have presented difficulties at best. I hope she is doing well!
wildgurl's review
2.0
Interesting true story of religious fanaticism told alternately from the viewpoint of John, the father and Mackenzie, the daughter. It is the story of a teenage Christian girl who begins talking to Aalan, a young Muslim living in Kosova on the internet. She becomes interested in his faith and is planning a trip to Kosova to meet him. As MacKenzies behavior changes and she withdraws from her family and friends, reading Islamic books and videos and spending hours talking to Aalan via computer. This is where the book falls apart, for me. Johns Islamic rants and misogynistic portrayal of Muslims is disturbing and hard to swallow. The point of teenagers lured away by strangers online is valid and important but is list in the hate filled rants about a religion he admits he knows nothing about, and Aalan, a guy he knows nothing about.
Disturbing. ...Biased....Good Story
Disturbing. ...Biased....Good Story
cncoltre's review against another edition
3.0
Was almost as if it was a nice little podcast to listen to at work during the day.
illidia316's review against another edition
4.0
Just to put this out there, I am not a religious person at all. Every time I saw a passage or a religion mentioned, I went into skim mode.
That being said, I thought this memoir was really good. It shows exactly what family (including chosen family) will go through to save one of their own from harm. The way that her friends endangered their friendship to come forward and let people know what was going on is inspiring.
Thanks to the family for sharing their story!
~I received an arc of this book in exchange for my honest opinions. Great Thoughts’ Great Readers Ninja~
That being said, I thought this memoir was really good. It shows exactly what family (including chosen family) will go through to save one of their own from harm. The way that her friends endangered their friendship to come forward and let people know what was going on is inspiring.
Thanks to the family for sharing their story!
~I received an arc of this book in exchange for my honest opinions. Great Thoughts’ Great Readers Ninja~