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I have wanted to read this for years and now I‘m here and it‘s just not doing it for me. I‘ll finish it this morning (see Lucy helping) and then will celebrate our anniversary early with a child free trip to the indie movie store and the *drumroll* used bookstore!!

Another DNF. I tried to stick with it but it just wasn‘t holding my attention. I have too many books on my TBR list to waste time on books I‘m not interested in.

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What a sad book. For a family to go through this. David, who was only 4, I wonder what strength they had.

Heard mix reviews. Going to give it a try. Max my reading partner. Actually, he is my Everything. I love all 3of my furbabies.

I'm surprised by the poor reviews. I found this compelling and heartbreaking. I can't even imagine how families even go on after something like this happens.

Compared to the memoir I just finished, "The Long Hello" by Cathie Borrie, "Alligator Candy" is off to a very slow start. I think it's more my fault than the book's fault. I've got a lot of stuff going on with my dear 89-yo mom right now and the Cathie Borrie book was written in such short, clippy sentences I breezed through it in probably 4 hours total over two pre-bedtime reading sessions.

It pains me to pan a memoir written by a man who was 4 when his 11 year old brother was murdered. What a fraught, poignant topic. Sadly, this book is repetitive, goes nowhere, and is largely poorly written. I wanted so much more.

To lose a sibling in such a horrific way is incomprehensible.

I wrote a Genre Kryptonite for all the great non-celebrity memoirs I've read recently and thought I'd share here if anyone is looking for some good non-fic. And let me know ones you love that I must read!
http://bookriot.com/2016/07/17/genre-kryptonite-non-celebrity-memoirs/

Great book, beautifully written. Highly recommended.

Just ok for me. I love his writing and his pain really hit me.

Crime shows sensationalize & grossly ask you to guess & Tweet who the killer is. This isn't that. This is reality. The family behind a tragedy told by the youngest family member as he ?s how his family continued after his 11 yr old brother's murder.