Title: Started out Slow but grew on me...a great read!
Product review: The hype about the upcoming movie made me want to read this book, along with its intriguing title. But I almost gave up on reading the book. It started out slowly, and took a while for the pacing to pick up. I felt disinterested.Stick with it as there are warm moments along with heart chilling experiences. What Vivi experienced when she was "sent away", Vivi's mother, Vivi's memories of being a young mother...these are all gold. And I cheered for the guardian angels who helped Vivi along the way, the ya-ya's.I didn't like Vivi in the beginning but by book's end, her strength and pride shone through. Her bumpy rapport with Sidda made sense. Sidda's story and struggles are shared with us, but I identified more with Vivi's story of courage. Vivi's pain--the bad things in her past-- Sidda had no clue about. She wasn't able to read between the lines, know all the secrets left untold in the scrapbook. It was fitting--like real life.
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