Frecklemaid reviewed Taken Away by Cyn Bermudez
Review of 'Taken Away' on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
'Taken Away' by Cyn Bermudez is an 80 page collection of emails between two brothers who have recently been brought into the foster care system. As someone who has no experience with foster care or adoption I was interested in seeing things from this perspective however I found some major issues with this novella. Let me start with the positives.
This book has been well edited and despite my reading it as an ARC I found no grammatical errors. The plot itself was realistic, with the children being placed in different foster homes having different experiences. It also had the beginnings of an emotional read, and despite my problems with the book I did feel the sadness and anger of the characters as well as sympathise with their situation.
As for the not so great things, I found the characters unrealistically juvenile and well-spoken, the book was too short, and …
'Taken Away' by Cyn Bermudez is an 80 page collection of emails between two brothers who have recently been brought into the foster care system. As someone who has no experience with foster care or adoption I was interested in seeing things from this perspective however I found some major issues with this novella. Let me start with the positives.
This book has been well edited and despite my reading it as an ARC I found no grammatical errors. The plot itself was realistic, with the children being placed in different foster homes having different experiences. It also had the beginnings of an emotional read, and despite my problems with the book I did feel the sadness and anger of the characters as well as sympathise with their situation.
As for the not so great things, I found the characters unrealistically juvenile and well-spoken, the book was too short, and there was a whole lot of "remember when"...
Full review here: tribalpeanutbutter.blogspot.com/2018/07/taken-away-by-cyn-bermudez.html