Beth F
bermudaonion (Kathy)
Sandy
Stephanie
Trisha
The Girl She Used To Be by David Cristofano
When Melody was young, she and her parents stumbled unawares onto a heinous mob killing and were put in the Witness Protection Program (WITSEC). Being in the program, though, was not enough to save Melody’s parents, who were killed for agreeing to testify against Tony Bovaro. Melody is quite unhappy with her life in WITSEC. As a child she had a hard time getting the hang of not sharing too much information about herself and got her family moved frequently. As an adult, she has a tendency to report false threats against her life to get moved and relieve the boredom of her annonymous life.
It is during just one of these boredom-induced moves that something not at all boring happens to Melody: she is contacted by Tony Bovaro’s son Johnathan, who breaks into her hotel room before inviting her to leave WITSEC and come with him. Enticed by the idea of freedom, Melody agrees and even begins to fall in love with the handsome young mobster.
“The Girl She Used To Be” was an incredibly engaging, incredibly fast read. Melody’s character was drawn perfectly, her thoughts, motivations, and conflicted emotions were incredibly realistic. One thing that was a bit odd was that all of the chapter headings were math equations. Melody does talk about her love for math, since it is the one thing – the only thing in her life – that doesn’t lie, but it doesn’t seem important enough throughout the novel to include this reference in all of the chapter headings. Plus, my math majorteacher husband SWEARS that the equation for the last chapter doesn’t actually mean anything, but even if he’s right I don’t think that’s an error that would bother that many people. Other than the chapter headings, fantastic book!
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I really enjoyed this book too. I took it to my parent’s and had to force myself to put it down and be social.
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that’s odd…chapter headings with math equations…hmmm…I wonder what the thought process was for that one. sounds like a good book otherwise.
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I would drive myself crazy trying to figure out what the equations had to do with the chapters! I’ve seen the review of this book around, and is already on my list! Great review!
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My review is Here at The Burton Review. I also wondered about the Chapter Headings but didn’t put as much thought into it since I read and reviewed this during the ReadAThon. Thanks for the Review!
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I’ve been going back and forth on this one, but you’ve convinced me. Adding it to my TBR list!
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I’ve had my eye on this one for a while. Glad you enjoyed it.
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I love this book, really had problems putting it down too. Didn’t get the math equasions but didn’t think too much about it either. I was all too consumed with the story.
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I really liked this one too
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Thanks for the insightful review. I just received a copy of this book from paperbackswap.com. I saw it on Shelf Awareness and it peaked my interest.
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Every chapter is a math equation, but if you solve the answer will be the # of the chapter. I think this was a good idea since she does love math.
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I am doing a giveaway of The Girl She Used to Be on my blog. Since I have not yet read/reviewed this book, I linked to your review in my giveaway post. I hope it’s ok.
http://www.alisonsbookmarks.com/2010/02/book-giveaway-girl-she-used-to-be-by.html
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