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Title: A book that needed to be written
Review: This is a very good book about how deeply a family can be hurt by the actions of one bad person. We all know that rape hurts a victim and can scar them for a very long time (if not all their life) but not many think beyond that. What that sort of horrible thing can do to an entire family (brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, grandparents) is beyond most peoples comprehension. And then there was WE WERE THE MULVANEYS.The Good: You become attatched to the characters, especially Mary Ann. When the book was over, I wanted to know about what happened to her later on in her life. The characters really come to life. I also like the fact that the bad guy pays, even though I would have liked to seen more done (brutal, I know, but he deserves it!)The Bad: I wanted to hear more about Mary Anns marriage in the end.The Ugly: There are some very off the wall comments made every so often that are in italics that really interupt the flow of the book. That part just didn't work for me.
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