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Mending Places by Denise Hunter

mls8957's review against another edition

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2.0

Kindof depressing and unrealistic.

oriannaestelle's review against another edition

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5.0

This is probably my favourite of all of Hunter's books so far.

Themes/Topics: Forgiveness, faith, romance, sexual abuse, child abuse, fear, guilt, infidelity, healing

Pros:
- great character development
-well-written and well developed plot
-Christianity and the hard topics of life combined, which is a rare find
-sets the stage for the second novel very well

Cons?
I personally have none. :)

whiskedawayreads's review against another edition

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5.0

very thought provoking

sasartin's review

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slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

Let me first say I love Denise Hunter and have read and loved many of her books but the reissue tricked me into thinking this was a new book and I realize now it’s one of her older ones and I’m sorry to say her writing was clearly not then what it is now. I am a  Christian but the Christian internal dialog was way over kill. Hannah pursued Micah like a crazy person because she thought “God wanted them to be together” and in real life one would act like that, and if they did, the other party would not be interested. I thought the sisters husbands affair side story took away from the main story line and I started just skipping those chapters by the end. There was a ton of repetition, something would happen to a character and then there was a whole other chapter of the character telling another character in detail what happened. Which I can’t understand why a reader would need to hear it twice. I listened to the audio book and found the narrators vocal intonation, child voice and male voice super annoying.  There was also no way she would be cleaning his room like he was a normal hotel guest to conveniently find his journal. I won’t continue with the series because it was so bad. 

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melmo2610's review against another edition

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5.0

What a phenomenal read. This book deals with heavy stuff but Denise writes it brilliantly. Very moving read.

pawntksqueen's review against another edition

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3.0

Trigger warning for this book: child abuse, alcoholism, and sexual assault.

I enjoyed the book up until the end (literally the final 2-3 pages). Biggest theme is forgiveness and I think that was covered well. However, the final choice I found incredibly unbelievable and a damaging ideal for someone to walk into.