A review by sjmacwrites
A Sucky Love Story: Overcoming Unhappily Ever After by Brittani Louise Taylor
5.0
When people think Domestic Abuse, they immediately think physical. Mental and emotional sometimes don't come into consideration. This book shows that Domestic Abuse isn't always about the physical and that sometimes it's the mental and emotional abuses that take the longest to heal.
This book is a very easy read. I did it in a little over 3 hours. That being said, the book itself is a great retelling of the before, during and the aftermath of an abusive relationship.
I don't want to go into the writing style and critique it but if you're familiar with Brittani's vlogs on YouTube than you'll see a lot of her style of talking included in the book. Everything about this book is Brittani and that's why I liked it as much as I did. She didn't try and change how she would have told the story if she was face to face with you.
The beginning of the book is a little slow. It jumps a little as Brittani explains what lead her to start talking with Milos but as the story progresses you begin to see things unfolding and by the end, you're left dumbfounded. What happened to Brittani seems too far-fetched for a movie, yet it happened in her life.
After reading the book I can completely understand why she was as secretive about what happened and not only for legal reasons.
If you were looking for a book for your teenager to read to understand how abusive relationships can be, this would be an excellent one to point them to. Just be aware that Brittani does going into detail of the abuse she went through and there are sexual parts of the book.
This book is a very easy read. I did it in a little over 3 hours. That being said, the book itself is a great retelling of the before, during and the aftermath of an abusive relationship.
I don't want to go into the writing style and critique it but if you're familiar with Brittani's vlogs on YouTube than you'll see a lot of her style of talking included in the book. Everything about this book is Brittani and that's why I liked it as much as I did. She didn't try and change how she would have told the story if she was face to face with you.
The beginning of the book is a little slow. It jumps a little as Brittani explains what lead her to start talking with Milos but as the story progresses you begin to see things unfolding and by the end, you're left dumbfounded. What happened to Brittani seems too far-fetched for a movie, yet it happened in her life.
After reading the book I can completely understand why she was as secretive about what happened and not only for legal reasons.
If you were looking for a book for your teenager to read to understand how abusive relationships can be, this would be an excellent one to point them to. Just be aware that Brittani does going into detail of the abuse she went through and there are sexual parts of the book.