The First Day of Spring
Ratings34
Average rating3.9
3.5 Stars
It was an interesting, and dark read. I havent read a book like this before.
You feel bad for Christine but at the same time you don't. Really eerie feelings throughout the book.
While this book is definitely very psychological, it's far from a thriller. I was captivated by the premise and the first half, but it kept dragging on and was very anti-climatic. I didn't hate it, but don't expect anything bombastic.
“The hunger was always there, beating fists against the tight seal I had fastened around it, but I pushed it down. It hurt too much to be big. Too big to fit in the clothes that smelled of Linda and the streets. Too big to hide. Too big to love.”
3.5
I wish I had known that this was more of a character/psychological study when going in coz I expected more of a mystery/thriller.
It had a very slow start but then as the book goes on, you get invested in the characters and everything they did and it makes it easier to continue.
Some parts had me so close to tears and other parts just hit me in a whole other way.
Def recommend this one!!
This book is amazing. I could not put it down. The way Nancy Tucker writes just captivates you for hours.
A dark, quite sad/upsetting at times, well written psychological story. Not a thriller exactly, and not what I expected from the light blue cover!
This was an excellent, if a quite disturbing read.
Chrissie's/Julia's character was really well written and made me go from disliking her to feeling really sorry for her. Reading about the awfulness of her home life, you can understand why she ended up doing what she did.
I liked the split storyline between Chrissie (past) and Julia (present).
Thank you to PH and Nancy Tucker for the chance to read this book.
