A review by bc_303
Chasing Fireflies by Charles Martin
3.0
Chase Walker - reported, adopted into family with horrible past by two loving parents Aunt Lorna & Uncle Willy. Set in Swampland of Georgia.
Tommy - his girl cousin, sexually abused by dad, gets AIDS making porn, ends up unraveling the mystery of Chase's life and giving chase the details he needs to take her dad down.
Willy's brother is Tommy's dad. Greedy, stole millions of bonds, blamed it on his brother. Killed his dad, dad's lawyer, and brother's wife and made it look like the lawyer did the killing.
Mixed in with this is a kid that ends up in the town on the side of the railroad tracks after his adopted mom commit suicide by train. As they are unraveling the story of his life trying to figure out his past it helps tell the story of Chase's past. He's a genius artist.
Interesting book as far as thinking about what is Justice and what is freedom as Willie never takes revenge on his brother even though he knows what his brother did to him, to Tommy, and to the town.
I found the ending incredibly unsatisfactory. Everyone inside the family knew the truth but the crook is never forced to be accountable. I especially hate that he was sexually abusing his own kids and no one in the family tries to get him locked up. The book could have been tied together much better. Like there are clues dropped throughout but it's never really tied together very well.
Tommy - his girl cousin, sexually abused by dad, gets AIDS making porn, ends up unraveling the mystery of Chase's life and giving chase the details he needs to take her dad down.
Willy's brother is Tommy's dad. Greedy, stole millions of bonds, blamed it on his brother. Killed his dad, dad's lawyer, and brother's wife and made it look like the lawyer did the killing.
Mixed in with this is a kid that ends up in the town on the side of the railroad tracks after his adopted mom commit suicide by train. As they are unraveling the story of his life trying to figure out his past it helps tell the story of Chase's past. He's a genius artist.
Interesting book as far as thinking about what is Justice and what is freedom as Willie never takes revenge on his brother even though he knows what his brother did to him, to Tommy, and to the town.
I found the ending incredibly unsatisfactory. Everyone inside the family knew the truth but the crook is never forced to be accountable. I especially hate that he was sexually abusing his own kids and no one in the family tries to get him locked up. The book could have been tied together much better. Like there are clues dropped throughout but it's never really tied together very well.