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A review by lavins
The First Day of Spring by Nancy Tucker
2.0
2 stars
This book is not a thriller, it is not a mystery and there is no suspense.
It is a very dark, somber story about a kid that kills another kid. And just to make sure you get this straight, the author repeats that about 10 times in the first pages.
The book has two timelines, the timeline with Chrissie, the eight years old girl who is beyond mean, she is cruel, rude, mean, selfish. She is biting, pinching, hurting (physically and otherwise) all the other kids and sometimes the adults. And Julia (Chrissie with a changed name 15 years later). The two stories are trying to explain and justify Chrissie actions.
I will never encourage or rate highly a book about a kid who enjoys killing other kids. I do not care about the circumstances, the abuse or anything else. There is no excuse.
Nor do I buy the ending where the person is completely rehabilitated and a great mother.
This book is not a thriller, it is not a mystery and there is no suspense.
It is a very dark, somber story about a kid that kills another kid. And just to make sure you get this straight, the author repeats that about 10 times in the first pages.
The book has two timelines, the timeline with Chrissie, the eight years old girl who is beyond mean, she is cruel, rude, mean, selfish. She is biting, pinching, hurting (physically and otherwise) all the other kids and sometimes the adults. And Julia (Chrissie with a changed name 15 years later). The two stories are trying to explain and justify Chrissie actions.
I will never encourage or rate highly a book about a kid who enjoys killing other kids. I do not care about the circumstances, the abuse or anything else. There is no excuse.
Nor do I buy the ending where the person is completely rehabilitated and a great mother.