Dark Song
By: Gail Giles
*** stars
The Dark Song is about a 15 year old girl named Ames living in Boulder, Colorado. Her family has everything they could ever want and then some. They live in a beautiful mansion in the mountains and Ames goes to the best private school in the area. Everything in her life is going great for her until her friend Em asks about her dad’s job situation. Ames hadn’t heard anything. Then a few nights Later the truth came out. Her Dad had been released from his job. He searches for a job but no one will hire him. Soon money starts running low tension in the family is high and Ames Parents are getting more irritable by the second. Lies from the Past end up coming out and now Ames and her family including her little sister chrissy are forced to move to Texas into a dump. The house needs many repairs and one of Ames friends from the area comes and helps. 2 other guys accompany him. One of these Guys caught Ames’ Attention. Marc. He seemed dangerous and fun. Soon she is sneaking out of the house with him and going to see him when she should be at home. Then things take a turn for the worse in the Ford Household.
Dark Song brings up life issues that every person can go through. Lies, humiliation, peer pressure, parental pressure, verbal and physical abuse and many other house bound problems. In This way I think Dark Song was very good in showing me the trouble and the feelings Ames and her family were going through. I did how ever feel the first half of the book was dragged out and could have been shortened. And the ending could have been brought out a little more. I feel like the conclusion wasn’t as clear or drawn out as it could have been. If you like Teen Drama or suspense this book is for you. Over all I would recommend this for others to read because the story, as i said earlier, shows us the true struggles in life. It also shows us the even though everything on the outside might look fine. Everyone has secrets and everyone has their own problems they have to deal with… some dealt with alone.
By: Gail Giles
*** stars
The Dark Song is about a 15 year old girl named Ames living in Boulder, Colorado. Her family has everything they could ever want and then some. They live in a beautiful mansion in the mountains and Ames goes to the best private school in the area. Everything in her life is going great for her until her friend Em asks about her dad’s job situation. Ames hadn’t heard anything. Then a few nights Later the truth came out. Her Dad had been released from his job. He searches for a job but no one will hire him. Soon money starts running low tension in the family is high and Ames Parents are getting more irritable by the second. Lies from the Past end up coming out and now Ames and her family including her little sister chrissy are forced to move to Texas into a dump. The house needs many repairs and one of Ames friends from the area comes and helps. 2 other guys accompany him. One of these Guys caught Ames’ Attention. Marc. He seemed dangerous and fun. Soon she is sneaking out of the house with him and going to see him when she should be at home. Then things take a turn for the worse in the Ford Household.
Dark Song brings up life issues that every person can go through. Lies, humiliation, peer pressure, parental pressure, verbal and physical abuse and many other house bound problems. In This way I think Dark Song was very good in showing me the trouble and the feelings Ames and her family were going through. I did how ever feel the first half of the book was dragged out and could have been shortened. And the ending could have been brought out a little more. I feel like the conclusion wasn’t as clear or drawn out as it could have been. If you like Teen Drama or suspense this book is for you. Over all I would recommend this for others to read because the story, as i said earlier, shows us the true struggles in life. It also shows us the even though everything on the outside might look fine. Everyone has secrets and everyone has their own problems they have to deal with… some dealt with alone.
1 comment:
this one looks depressing just by the cover alone.. reading more into it sounds like some family issues.. not very interested in this one.
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