A review by preethijoseph
Lucky Girl by Jamie Pacton
5.0
Fortuna Jane a 17yr old girl from a small town in Wisconsin wins a lotto for $58 millions ! Did you just say wow ? I did too but here comes the problem ! She is a minor and she cannot even reveal that she is the winner let alone cash the ticket because this is illegal .. Okay so what is the problem you say , she can ask someone to do it for her , yes right except that there are only three trustworthy ppl in her life who are over 18 and for different reasons she cannot ask any of them (keeping it non-spoiler) ! Can she keep the secret ? Can she get someone to cash it , if she does what would she do with that huge a amount? To know all this and more you gotta read the book !
There are so many books on mental health and depression and this book (I had no idea) dealt wit it too.. The grief of loosing a loved one is never easy, is it ?? The world does not stop , it pulls us along to move forward with it but sometimes we don’t ! We are stuck in the past , a part of us , the best part of us , looking for traces of the loved one , wishing for one last word, one last hug, one last kiss to say thank you or to say sorry only to realise its too late .. ! I still carry a 100 rupee note that my Grandmother gave me 7yrs ago on the morning she died . Such is life such is grief !
When I read the blurb I thought this was going to be a fun read, just cute and sweet sophomore novel but boy was I wrong .. The last few chapters of the book were soo emotional I cried heaps !! Honestly its been a long time since I put a book over my chest and cried over it at 2:45 AM in the morning .. The relationship Jane shares with her mentally stressed mother , her dead father , her bff Bran all of it was soo beautifully portrayed ! The coping mechanism that Jane’s mom takes on to hide the pain and loss of her husband had my empathy !
The characters were sweet and felt real that closing the book felt like having to say a goodbye to friends .. Also Bran and Jane are BFF goals !
Thanks @jamiepacton for writing this book and for sending me across this copy !!
There are so many books on mental health and depression and this book (I had no idea) dealt wit it too.. The grief of loosing a loved one is never easy, is it ?? The world does not stop , it pulls us along to move forward with it but sometimes we don’t ! We are stuck in the past , a part of us , the best part of us , looking for traces of the loved one , wishing for one last word, one last hug, one last kiss to say thank you or to say sorry only to realise its too late .. ! I still carry a 100 rupee note that my Grandmother gave me 7yrs ago on the morning she died . Such is life such is grief !
When I read the blurb I thought this was going to be a fun read, just cute and sweet sophomore novel but boy was I wrong .. The last few chapters of the book were soo emotional I cried heaps !! Honestly its been a long time since I put a book over my chest and cried over it at 2:45 AM in the morning .. The relationship Jane shares with her mentally stressed mother , her dead father , her bff Bran all of it was soo beautifully portrayed ! The coping mechanism that Jane’s mom takes on to hide the pain and loss of her husband had my empathy !
The characters were sweet and felt real that closing the book felt like having to say a goodbye to friends .. Also Bran and Jane are BFF goals !
Thanks @jamiepacton for writing this book and for sending me across this copy !!