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A review by adw7984
Second Chances by Charity Norman
4.0
I absolutely love Charity Norman’s writing style. She instantly hooks me with the story and then gives a twist I wasn’t expecting!
We read about Finn’s fall first, and then we get the background into Martha and Kit’s family. Reading the background, I immediately assumed that Kit had something to do with Finn’s fall. All signs pointed to that conclusion, but boy was I wrong.
Martha has to make a split-second decision. Should she protect her whole family in hopes that any investigation will blow over? Or should she sacrifice the one person who caused this whole mess?
I don’t want to say what happened, but it was shocking to me! I was not expecting that twist at all, and it was done wonderfully. I could feel Martha’s indecision and I could feel her heartbreak over what had become of her family because of her decision to move them.
Okay, I’m going to get spoiler-y here…..
I do want to discuss the ending a bit. I don’t feel that Sacha’s ending was earned. I wish that she would have had to pay for her actions. If I were Martha, and I don’t have children so this may affect my decision, I would have called the police or sent Sacha to rehab! Instead, she basically got her way by acting out and got to go back home. She ripped her family apart and caused her family to go through a very hard time, including investigation.
One thing that stuck out to me was when Kit was asking the social worker for an apology. These types of investigations can ruin a family’s reputation. Kit and Martha were cleared, but the memory of the investigation will be fresh on people’s minds and they may forever be viewed as abusers. Instead of being allowed to worry about their child, they had to worry about an investigation instead. It’s a fine line because the investigation is necessary, I see that, but at the same time, it’s hard for the innocent parents to deal with.
This was a wonderful book by Charity Norman, and I really look forward to reading more from her! She is two for two right now :)
*This book was provided for review on Confessions of a Bookaholic. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
We read about Finn’s fall first, and then we get the background into Martha and Kit’s family. Reading the background, I immediately assumed that Kit had something to do with Finn’s fall. All signs pointed to that conclusion, but boy was I wrong.
Martha has to make a split-second decision. Should she protect her whole family in hopes that any investigation will blow over? Or should she sacrifice the one person who caused this whole mess?
I don’t want to say what happened, but it was shocking to me! I was not expecting that twist at all, and it was done wonderfully. I could feel Martha’s indecision and I could feel her heartbreak over what had become of her family because of her decision to move them.
Okay, I’m going to get spoiler-y here…..
I do want to discuss the ending a bit. I don’t feel that Sacha’s ending was earned. I wish that she would have had to pay for her actions. If I were Martha, and I don’t have children so this may affect my decision, I would have called the police or sent Sacha to rehab! Instead, she basically got her way by acting out and got to go back home. She ripped her family apart and caused her family to go through a very hard time, including investigation.
One thing that stuck out to me was when Kit was asking the social worker for an apology. These types of investigations can ruin a family’s reputation. Kit and Martha were cleared, but the memory of the investigation will be fresh on people’s minds and they may forever be viewed as abusers. Instead of being allowed to worry about their child, they had to worry about an investigation instead. It’s a fine line because the investigation is necessary, I see that, but at the same time, it’s hard for the innocent parents to deal with.
This was a wonderful book by Charity Norman, and I really look forward to reading more from her! She is two for two right now :)
*This book was provided for review on Confessions of a Bookaholic. All thoughts and opinions are my own.