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I loved the underlying commentary that runs throughout the story about what is truth? Where does truth begin and blind dogma end? How do we know what is right and wrong? What is normal and what is not? The girls remained restless in my heart, gnawing at my conscience about what all we might have accepted in real life and whether we should have resisted. Melamed puts her readers through a harrowing experience of acceptance and resistance and makes us question why the line that separates them is so blurred.<\/p>\n
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The book takes your thumping heart on a roller coaster ride. The character sketches are extremely well done. The story is narrated from the perspective of the four girls who already know the customs of the island while we, as readers, are ignorant of the same. This was interesting because it kept me guessing and also hoping that my guesses were incorrect.<\/p>\n
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Even though the book boasts of an engaging storyline, it is extremely difficult to rate a book that is so horrifying and frightening at the same time. Everything in the book seemed too realistic and kept me awake at night thinking \u2018what if this is a reality somewhere?\u2019 The ending is realistically ambiguous (I almost wished it would be a clich\u00e9 happy ending because I could not take it anymore) which crushed my spirits because a screaming kept overpowering the small relief I felt towards the end. By the end of the book I had mixed feelings about the book \u2013 I was disturbed by everything in the book; I felt myself covered in the mud and grim beliefs of the island. I am in a dilemma because on one hand the story telling is splendid and on the other hand, I feel as if I am being a silent supporter to this dystopia if I give it a high rating.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Trigger Warning \u2013 The book hints at child abuse by incest though there are no explicit descriptions of the same. There is a page where a pregnant woman is cut open which is described in graphical detail and might be uncomfortable to some readers.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\nA book that makes you restless with questions on acceptance & resistance <\/a><\/span>Click To Tweet<\/a><\/span>\n <\/p>\n This is not a book that you would enjoy reading, but one that would give you nightmares. I applaud the dark, sinister world that Melamed has created in her debut. The daughters of this island would haunt me for a very long time.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n You can follow updates on Jennie’s website<\/span>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Title : Gather the Daughters <\/p>\n Disclaimer : Much thanks to Tinder Press for an advanced reader\u2019s copy of the book. All opinions are my own.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" An isolated island where children roam wild and free every summer. One …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3402,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6307,16],"tags":[51,462,6369,2309,8596],"thb-sponsors":[],"yoast_head":"\n![\"Book](\"http:\/\/www.thebooksatchel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/gather-the-daughters2.jpg\")
Final Verdict<\/h3>\n
\nAuthor : Jennie Melamed
\nPublisher : Tinder Press
\nExpected Publication: July, 2017
\nLanguage : English
\nPages : 352
\nRating : 4.5\/5<\/p>\n