andrew y's Reviews > Tears of the Silenced

andrew's adventure in kindle unlimited-eligible titles, part 5:
well, here it is. the top choice eligible for kindle unlimited, the obvious pinnacle of quality in the field.

Trigger Warning: Expand the following field for my usual flippant tone.
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this might be the single worst book I have ever read. remember dave pelzer? remember saying "okay this is a little overwrought but he is helping people probably"? imagine that but now imagine the book was written with inelegant word choice at every turn, timelines that do not match, stupifyingly obvious falsified details hiding behind the "we are protecting the innocent!" defense while in reality plain lying, and a narrator whose imperiousness made her impossible to root for. since I am also incredibly anal about this sort of thing, a couple hours of researching caused key moments of the story to totally fall apart. yes, pelzer also stretched the truth, but not over and over with absolutely no redeeming purpose driving it.
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I am sensitive to the clearly traumatic childhood Ms. Griffin underwent. But this book is not, not, not what she should be doing with her time, and any editor who cared about her would not have let it be released to the public in this form.

Overall I would not recommend the kindle unlimited service.