ClubBaldo's Journal #4

              Chapters 29 to 38 of this book were so intense and I could not put this book down for the life of me. Things in the book got so crazy that it kept me hooked and left me wanting more and more. These chapters made me cry at times because there were so many horrible and disturbing situations, but at other times it made me smile. Just when I started to lose hope in things ever getting better, the book had other plans to surprise me.

            To be honest, the most insane part in this whole book is when Roger did what he did to Lexie and her kids. Roger was a man she met at a Texaco station, he seemed really nice and seemed to love kids. First he took Lexie on a couple of dates and even spent time with her kids to earn her trust. Then the unthinkable happened. He turned out to be the most repulsive and messed up man ever, which was so surprising to me. I really thought Roger and Lexie were going to last.

             He attempted to rape Pauline and succeeded at raping Brumett. When Lexie attempted to pull Roger off of her son, he beat her, almost to death. I honestly could not breathe when I was reading this part of the book. I've never been so disgusted in my life. He is such a sick man and he deserves to die or to at least be found and put behind bars until he dies. I felt so bad for Brumett because of how traumatized and depressed he was. He didnt even talk to his mom anymore and wanted to be alone all the time. This was probably one of my favourite parts of the book though. I love how the author didn't tell us what happened until a few chapters later. She kept the emotions rolling and left me to wonder what happened. I found that affect very useful because I couldn't stop reading until I knew what happened.

            Another amazing part of this book is when Novalee finally confesses her love to Forney. At first she lied to him and told him she didnt love him. She felt like she was holding him back from moving on with his life and she never thought she was good enough for him. When she told him she did not love him, he left and moved away. She cried every day even at the most random times. Although he still kept in touch with Americus by sending her letters, he never really mentioned anything about Novalee. When Novalee found out that this lie was eating her alive, she told Forney the truth. She confessed her true feelings for him finally. This made me so happy, I had been waiting for this through the whole entire book. They are so perfect together and Forney is such an amazing father figure to Americus.

            In the end of the book Novalee and Forney were happy together and even Lexie ends up getting married to the most wonderful man. His name was Leon. He has kids of his own and loved Lexie's kids.

           This was such an awesome ending. I love how everything worked out just like I wanted it to. When I first started reading this book I thought it would be so bad and it doesn't help that I also hate to read. I really got proved wrong. To be honest, this turned out to be such a good book, maybe even one of my favourites I've ever read.