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I read this again because the main character Ash is the older brother of Dante from Broken English. My first review below still stands. Such an intense book!!!
Original Review
This was one of the most intense books I have read, but in a very good way. At first I thought it was going to be similar to SKINS, and I suppose it was, sort of. It had the teen angst, the troubled relationships, jealousies, peer pressure, a little bit of drugs and sex, family problems, bullying, the partying, but it felt m ...more
Original Review
This was one of the most intense books I have read, but in a very good way. At first I thought it was going to be similar to SKINS, and I suppose it was, sort of. It had the teen angst, the troubled relationships, jealousies, peer pressure, a little bit of drugs and sex, family problems, bullying, the partying, but it felt m ...more
GRAFFITI HEAVEN is about Dante's oldest brother, Ash Rata. A young Dante has a couple of cameos in it. Also, GRAFFITI HEAVEN and CRYING OUT SILENT are companion books, not sequels. GRAFFITI HEAVEN covers a short period of time, while CRYING OUT SILENT gives a view of what happened before the tragedy in GRAFFITI HEAVEN as well as its aftermath. They can be read in any order, though I would recommend reading GRAFFITI HEAVEN first. BTW, it started off as a prologue for Behind the Tears, so it's bas
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Talented new author Marita Hansen is an expert at getting inside the mind of her characters. She takes a firm hold of the reader and drags them kicking and screaming into the pages with her. Not always pleasant and many times downright cringe worthy, she takes us inside the lives of four troubled teenagers. Their souls are laid bare to our eyes, every motive, good and bad, exposed, their deepest, darkest secrets held under a magnifying glass. They live in a hypocritical society, one where people
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This was one intense read from beginning to end! It was well written, and I *got* every single character whether I liked them or not. It was so interesting to watch these characters change/grow as the book progressed. Not all of them are likeable, yet they had redeeming qualities, and the more I read from each perspective, the more I learned about each character, the more I understood them (maybe not agreed with the choices/actions, but understood a little better). Most seem to be change for the
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