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A review by mpr2000
When Life Gives You Mangos by Kereen Getten
5.0
This is a beautiful and poignant story about friendship and grief; told in the perspective of a 12 year old girl who doesn’t want to remember but she has to if she wants to heal her wounds.
This is not a simple book, it’s so full of layers and important facts that you’ll be thinking about it for a long time, I’ll only say that I read it in one sit, I couldn’t stop reading!
I’ve always been a voracious reader, but I’ll admit that the books that I read when I was young were more superficial and not so powerful and deep. Because even if this is a fiction story, the core is real and it makes the reader compare the situation in their life with the ones in the book, putting some fresh perspective on the problems we have. This is a children’s book, but I don’t think it has to be read only by them, adults can learn a lot of interesting things in this book and realize that the children’s perspective is always valid and we should respect their way to act, not rushing things.
I really don’t want to make any spoilers of the story, only that this is a beautiful book that I’ll be recommending to any reader, believe me, is a must read!
This is not a simple book, it’s so full of layers and important facts that you’ll be thinking about it for a long time, I’ll only say that I read it in one sit, I couldn’t stop reading!
I’ve always been a voracious reader, but I’ll admit that the books that I read when I was young were more superficial and not so powerful and deep. Because even if this is a fiction story, the core is real and it makes the reader compare the situation in their life with the ones in the book, putting some fresh perspective on the problems we have. This is a children’s book, but I don’t think it has to be read only by them, adults can learn a lot of interesting things in this book and realize that the children’s perspective is always valid and we should respect their way to act, not rushing things.
I really don’t want to make any spoilers of the story, only that this is a beautiful book that I’ll be recommending to any reader, believe me, is a must read!