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The Names They Gave Us
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bookshelves: advance-reader-copies, contemporary, read-in-2017, young-adult
May 04, 2017
bookshelves: advance-reader-copies, contemporary, read-in-2017, young-adult
I just started reading Emery Lord last year and she has gradually become an auto-buy author for me. She has such a way with words and characters that each book is utterly unputadownable. This story does deal with tough subjects such as cancer and religion, (I know what you're thinking - ugh cancer, ugh religion - no thanks) but don't let that scare you off! If you've read any of Lord's previous work then you know that the hard subjects are what she excels at. Cancer stories hit a little too close to home for me but I can assure you that Emery Lord handles every topic with respect.
Lucy is a Christian and daughter of a pastor so Religion plays a huge part of the book, yes, but it's not in a bad way at all like you may think. Lucy has her beliefs and sticks to them but she's not judgmental towards anyone else's nor does she push her religion on others. She is open minded, loving, and accepting. Though, that's not to mean that she is perfect, far from it.
In The Names They Gave Us you will explore a girl who begins to question her faith.
"For the first time in my life, I consider that I am being looked down on by no one, by nothing."
A camp for troubled kids, with a group of counselors all carrying around their own heavy baggage. A huge array of diverse characters. Failing in love. Grief - how to deal with it and still live your life. And at the core of this story is family and friendships and finding your "herd".
"And I want to be one of them. I want to be one of them so, so badly -- to fit into this balance, their history, the wolf pack way of them."
Emery Lord never ceases to amaze me. She has a magical way of weaving words and creating flawed, complex characters that are entirely relatable. I loved every single one of these characters and that's no exaggeration.
Even though this book deals with a lot of heavy topics, there is still much fun to be had! Highly recommend this for your summer reading.
*Thank you to Bloomsbury Publishing for sending me a copy in exchange for an honest review.*
Lucy is a Christian and daughter of a pastor so Religion plays a huge part of the book, yes, but it's not in a bad way at all like you may think. Lucy has her beliefs and sticks to them but she's not judgmental towards anyone else's nor does she push her religion on others. She is open minded, loving, and accepting. Though, that's not to mean that she is perfect, far from it.
In The Names They Gave Us you will explore a girl who begins to question her faith.
"For the first time in my life, I consider that I am being looked down on by no one, by nothing."
A camp for troubled kids, with a group of counselors all carrying around their own heavy baggage. A huge array of diverse characters. Failing in love. Grief - how to deal with it and still live your life. And at the core of this story is family and friendships and finding your "herd".
"And I want to be one of them. I want to be one of them so, so badly -- to fit into this balance, their history, the wolf pack way of them."
Emery Lord never ceases to amaze me. She has a magical way of weaving words and creating flawed, complex characters that are entirely relatable. I loved every single one of these characters and that's no exaggeration.
Even though this book deals with a lot of heavy topics, there is still much fun to be had! Highly recommend this for your summer reading.
*Thank you to Bloomsbury Publishing for sending me a copy in exchange for an honest review.*
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Reading Progress
November 14, 2016
– Shelved
November 14, 2016
– Shelved as:
to-read
April 27, 2017
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Started Reading
May 4, 2017
– Shelved as:
advance-reader-copies
May 4, 2017
– Shelved as:
contemporary
May 4, 2017
– Shelved as:
read-in-2017
May 4, 2017
– Shelved as:
young-adult
May 4, 2017
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Finished Reading
