Strange Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I actually am not even sure how to review this book. The words that come to mind are, dark, twisted, unsettling, hopeful. comical and heartbreaking.
We meet Sally, who is different from everyone. The kids call her Strange Sally Diamond, but she pretends to be deaf and doesn’t hear them. Sally is odd, her psychiatrist father describes her as Socially Deficient, but as we get to know Sally and the things that have happened to her in her life, we find out she is so much more than just an awkward woman who still has childlike tendencies.
I could not put this book down. I was completely sucked into the world of Carricksheedy and it’s inhabitants as well as the the backstory of Sally and her parents. We have a dual POV which is so interesting as the two stories do eventually merge into the same timeline.
I think this is going to be a very popular summer read!
Trigger warnings: kidnapping, mental illness, pedophilia, mentions of rape, imprisonment, child abuse, child abandonment,
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