👶 Little Bee, by Chris Cleave

There is truly no "magic in how this story unfolds". I think the author's description of the book is extraordinarily misleading since this is a tragic, horrific story that has no "magic" in it whatsoever. In addition, I had no desire to tell everyone about it, as the author claims. Once the "life-changing event" is revealed, the rest of the book was fairly uneventful. I never became attached to any of the characters, despite really wanting to love Little Bee. The way the affair began was completely implausible; Sarah's ability to quickly carry on with her affair despite her husband's recent death is unrealistic, as is her willingness to return to a place that was so dreadful, with her own child. Finally, Lawrence's treatment of this child as his peer is also unconvincing.

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