A review by mflynn8908
Saving Noah by Lucinda Berry

dark emotional sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I put off reading this story for so long due to the content. This book was so sad and heartbreaking. As a mom of 5 boys I couldn’t help but think how I’d feel in this situation. As a mom when I hear cases of child SA I immediately think the perpetrator is a monster and sick and disgusting. When you hear stories of pedophiles being best or assaulted your reaction is to always think “good they deserve that after what they did to the innocent child”. It’s natural to think this way. What this book does is make you see what happens to their lives from a mom’s perspective. Yes the perp was only a child when he SA the girls, and yea he definitely knew better but the more I read the more I became sympathetic to the main character. To know that he was trying so hard to push down the urge and then the guilt that over took him once he gave in. To see him suffer over and over again only to find the peace in himself when the decision was made to end his life because he knew no one else would be hurt by his hand. Ugh my heart… 
The mom had her moments where she irritated me but then again a mothers love is endless even when her child becomes something/someone she doesn’t recognize. 

The dad though… I would have hit him with my car, reversed and then run his sorry ass over again.
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