My November 2018 Book Reviews - Adventures in Inclusion

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This month was a slow reading month for me. To be completely honest, this school year is kicking my butt. We, as a team, are dealing with some of the most extreme, and widespread behavior issues that we have ever seen. It is my fifth year teaching, so I’m still somewhat new and for me, this is the most challenging year yet.

Alright, vent over, I just felt like I should explain why I’m not reading as much.

I am a huge fan of Diane Chamberlain, but I am not a huge fan of this novel. The novel is the story of a little girl with severe health problems who goes missing on an overnight trip with her girl scouts. I felt as though this story did not make any of the characters likable. I found all of them flawed, and not in a good way, and annoying.

The story was also unbelievable, also not in a good way. The ending felt so fake and forced that I couldn’t believe an author that I love wrote this.

Don’t let this book prevent you from reading a Diane Chamberlain book because most of them are awesome, but maybe don’t read this one.

This book is the second in a series, the first book Betrayal of Faith was phenomenal. See my review of the first book. Betrayal of Justice is an exciting and stimulating story about a young woman who is wrongfully accused of murder. Arya, the protagonist, is a young Muslim woman in America whose mosque was bombed by a domestic terrorist. Arya finds out the name of the man who the police think did it and she decides to follow him. While following him, Arya happens to witness his murder at the hands of another white supremacist. After watching him be brutally stabbed she feels compelled to try and help him. In return, she is discovered by the police with the victim’s blood on her clothes and the murder weapon in her hand. To the police, this looks bad and Arya quickly becomes the prime suspect to his murder.

This book was exciting and kept me on the edge of my seat. It also closely resembled what our country is facing right now with the division of groups of people and political parties.