“There’s something to be said for being around people who knew you before you were a grown-up, before everything changed” (p. 124). This romance goes beyond that of a love story as the reader is thrown into the actionable life of an undercover FBI agent coming off assignment and a group of people (FBI agent included) who survived a horrific high school shooting as they are suddenly thrown back together 12 years later for the filming of a documentary on the subject.
The news, as of late, is sad and painful. Shootings and gun fueled massacres seem to dominate the news waves. Gun control has taken a front seat in political debates and yet this book beautifully and tragically allows us to see the effects of the people so deeply affected and traumatized without the making it politically charged. In fact, The Ones Who Got Away, shifts the focus from the negative outcomes of guns to create a beautifully painful love story of two survivors and the friendships that arose from the ashes.
This isn’t a book focused on gun control. It isn’t a book focused on the families of lost children, but rather a book on the happiness that can still result in life despite horrific experiences.
*Disclaimer: I received a review copy of this book, in exchange for an honest review.
The news, as of late, is sad and painful. Shootings and gun fueled massacres seem to dominate the news waves. Gun control has taken a front seat in political debates and yet this book beautifully and tragically allows us to see the effects of the people so deeply affected and traumatized without the making it politically charged. In fact, The Ones Who Got Away, shifts the focus from the negative outcomes of guns to create a beautifully painful love story of two survivors and the friendships that arose from the ashes.
This isn’t a book focused on gun control. It isn’t a book focused on the families of lost children, but rather a book on the happiness that can still result in life despite horrific experiences.
*Disclaimer: I received a review copy of this book, in exchange for an honest review.