Jess F

I haven’t seen the movie soo cannot compare the two however I did read this book 15 years ago when I was in my late teens and reread it now after I’ve just become a mum. Both my opinion then and my opinion now are very VERY different. I sympathised with Anna on birth read however my view of the mother, lawyer, father, sister, brother and the guardian ad litem. First read I loved each character and their role they played in the plot. Second read I found some characters very stereotypical, with lots of cliches and just odd behaviours that didn’t make sense. At times they felt two dimensional. Both times I read the book I still cried at the end. The ending confused me though, I won’t give away anything apart from voicing that I still am unsure exactly how the incident happened and how the lawyer got out of it. Anyways it is a thought provoking, question your values, morals and idea on human rights style book. I give it 3.5 stars out of 5 (as a teenager u rated it 5 stars).

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