Helpful Score: 1
This would've been a DNF but I promised the person that gave it to me that I would finish it (It took me over a year) Swedish dad Alex & Jewish mom Suzette and their child Hanna. She's a high IQ brat that refuses to speak and is daddy's girl and wants to get rid of mommy. Suzette has Krohn's disease and is an artist but is afraid of her child. She should be because Hanna is devious and wants to kill mommy to have daddy all to herself and tries numerous ways to do it Too many words and phrases in Swedish that I had to look up and far fetched reaching for story lines (Hanna channels a witch and can speak perfect French and at the end also Swedish & English). Hanna is in and out of schools for "troubled" kids where she inflicts pain on other kids, barks at teachers, & generally causes mayhem so she can be at home with daddy. Just ugh and the ending was thrown together to I guess write a sequel? Not worth the time
Helpful Score: 1
This book has gotten a lot of rave reviews. I read the whole book, much to my dismay. I didn't like it in the beginning, grew to like it and didn't like the ending. The ending left you hanging, open for a sequel. The girl in this this book, Hannah, is a spoiled rotten evil child. There is nothing to like about her or her parents for that matter. I am sorry that I read the book to the end.
This is a book that you are really, really going to love or hate. Many times, I wasn't sure exactly how I felt about it. It still has me second guessing myself.
If you ever read PET SEMATARY, that feeling you had when Gage says "Daddy, play with me," that was the feeling that rolled over me several times when reading this story. It was a book that once started, I read on and off all day, ultimately staying up till 2 AM to finish. So if you want a book that keeps you guessing, is Mom the cause? or is Hanna actually a 7 year old psychopath? than you need to read this.
If you ever read PET SEMATARY, that feeling you had when Gage says "Daddy, play with me," that was the feeling that rolled over me several times when reading this story. It was a book that once started, I read on and off all day, ultimately staying up till 2 AM to finish. So if you want a book that keeps you guessing, is Mom the cause? or is Hanna actually a 7 year old psychopath? than you need to read this.
Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage has been compared to two books I really enjoyed reading - Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn and We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver. To me, the comparison does not hold true. This book lacks the intensity or the depth of characters that those books had. Those books left me with a lot to think about; this one just does not. Sadly, I was not the reader for this book.
Read my complete review at http://www.memoriesfrombooks.com/2019/03/baby-teeth.html
Reviewed for NetGalley
Read my complete review at http://www.memoriesfrombooks.com/2019/03/baby-teeth.html
Reviewed for NetGalley
Wow, just WOW!! I'm a mother and trust me, I've never encountered behavior described in this book. It was creepy. It was sad. And the book was so gripping.
Mother Suzette has to homeschool Hanna because she is mute and was kicked out of multiple schools. She is starting to notice more and more that sweet little Hanna may not be so sweet after all. Her behavior is disturbing in and outside the home. Hanna's smart and manipulative enough to never let Daddy see her evil schemes.
Once Suzette starts mentioning to Alex about their daughter's behavior he doesn't believe it. How can his sweet little girl do any of the creepy things that are being described? Even when the schools tell the parents about Hanna's schemes, Alex isn't willing to consider it.
No spoilers here, hope you enjoy this creepy books as much as I did.
Mother Suzette has to homeschool Hanna because she is mute and was kicked out of multiple schools. She is starting to notice more and more that sweet little Hanna may not be so sweet after all. Her behavior is disturbing in and outside the home. Hanna's smart and manipulative enough to never let Daddy see her evil schemes.
Once Suzette starts mentioning to Alex about their daughter's behavior he doesn't believe it. How can his sweet little girl do any of the creepy things that are being described? Even when the schools tell the parents about Hanna's schemes, Alex isn't willing to consider it.
No spoilers here, hope you enjoy this creepy books as much as I did.
I found this book very hard to put down. A strange tale about parenting and the difficulty we all have in seeing those closest to us clearly. Is this little girl evil? or is her mother kind of a crazy nightmare? A fairly quick read, great for a weekend.
