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A review by mdabernig
The First True Lie by Marina Mander
3.0
This is a bleak book, about a 10 year old boy who wakes up one morning to find his mother dead and his refusal to be a 'real orphan' and the lengths he goes to in order to keep anyone from finding out.
Luca is maybe a bit too intelligent for ten, but his random musings, his thought process, his reasoning all screams that he really is just a little boy who doesn't understand why things happen, and thinks that closing a door and opening windows can keep anyone from finding out. He's an easy kid to like and it's quite depressing watching him deal with that while trying to keep anyone from finding out. You really get a sense of his pain and his fear at times.
It's a short book, and I know some people didn't like the ending, but I liked that it was open ended. I didn't want to see reality hit him - I like to think that his reality would be better than he imagined, but I don't want to know in case it isn't. He's dealt with enough.
Luca is maybe a bit too intelligent for ten, but his random musings, his thought process, his reasoning all screams that he really is just a little boy who doesn't understand why things happen, and thinks that closing a door and opening windows can keep anyone from finding out. He's an easy kid to like and it's quite depressing watching him deal with that while trying to keep anyone from finding out. You really get a sense of his pain and his fear at times.
It's a short book, and I know some people didn't like the ending, but I liked that it was open ended. I didn't want to see reality hit him - I like to think that his reality would be better than he imagined, but I don't want to know in case it isn't. He's dealt with enough.