Victoria (YSB) - reviewed on 12/1/2009 + 636 more book reviews

I think I had too much anticipation for this book. Ever since viewing, late at night in a Dublin hotel, a History Channel documentary on feral children, I have been very curious about this subject. And while this is the first non-fiction book that I have read on the topic, I must admit that I was disappointed at how little new information was presented within its pages. The book more or less covered exactly what was in that documentary and a similar one presented on TLC, plus a rented one that I think originally aired on BBC. Added to that my Internet reading of the topic, and, well... I guess I just had much higher hopes for his decade of studying feral children. Not that his information was boring or poorly written, just the opposite in fact... it just wasn't new. Still, I am at least relieved to have finally read the book that I was so curious about. And it has lead to the addition of a few books to my list of books that I want to read, which is good - and hopefully there will be some new information there.

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