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A review by masonkayla
Helpless by Barbara Gowdy
4.0
Helpless by Barbara Gowdy
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This is an uncomfortable, heartbreaking and sometimes hard to read story but I enjoyed it and found myself flying through it, wanting to know Rachel's fate.
Helpless tells the story of Celia, and her beautiful nine year old daughter, Rachel. One summer night, there is a blackout in their neighborhood in Toronto. It is on that night that Rachel is taken by a man named Ron and kept in his basement, which he has renovated into a little girls dream bedroom. Ron's motivation for kidnapping Rachel is that he thinks she is being "abused" by her mother and the men in their lives.
This story is told from multiple POVs, which I enjoyed. My heart broke for Rachel and Celia and
I hated when she started liking Ron. There were times I almost put the book down. Without giving anything else away, I loved the ending. It was better than I had hoped for and what I had predicted.
I appreciate Gowdy for writing such a controversial and heartbreaking novel and taking us into our own fears. I will definitely be reading more of her work!
Read Full Review at www.lifeloveliteratureclub.wordpress.com
This is an uncomfortable, heartbreaking and sometimes hard to read story but I enjoyed it and found myself flying through it, wanting to know Rachel's fate.
Helpless tells the story of Celia, and her beautiful nine year old daughter, Rachel. One summer night, there is a blackout in their neighborhood in Toronto. It is on that night that Rachel is taken by a man named Ron and kept in his basement, which he has renovated into a little girls dream bedroom. Ron's motivation for kidnapping Rachel is that he thinks she is being "abused" by her mother and the men in their lives.
This story is told from multiple POVs, which I enjoyed. My heart broke for Rachel and Celia and
I hated when she started liking Ron. There were times I almost put the book down. Without giving anything else away, I loved the ending. It was better than I had hoped for and what I had predicted.
I appreciate Gowdy for writing such a controversial and heartbreaking novel and taking us into our own fears. I will definitely be reading more of her work!