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Doing Family Therapy: Craft and Creativity in Clinical Practice

Robert Taibbi

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Featuring rich case examples, this book has helped tens of thousands of students and therapists...

Physical Activity in Diverse Populations: Evidence and Practice

Melissa Bopp

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The health benefits associated with regular physical activity are now widely recognized. This book...

Interior Design Close Up

Dominic Bradbury and Richard Powers

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This beautifully illustrated book is a style bible for anyone interested in design and the home. It...

Additives for Polyolefins: Getting the Most Out of Polypropylene, Polyethylene and TPO

Michael Tolinski

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Additives for Polyolefins is a unique quick-reference resource for those who create or use...

Kate (493 KP) rated Redemption Lake in Books

Oct 19, 2020

Redemption Lake

Susan Clayton-Goldner | 2017 | Crime, Mystery, Young Adult (YA)

6.0

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This was a good book. It was all about the choices people make and the choices they make also depend on the situation they are involved in. I did get frustrated with some the choices the Matt made throughout the book. But this could be due to my age. I had to remember he had just turned 18 and was in a very stressful situation. Also he though his choices were helping the people around him. I was going back and forth with who I thought did it which is a good thing.
It was also a book about growing up and how life changes as you grow. I was hooked from Chapter 1 but then I found I wasn't as gripped as I initially was.
I got a feeling for each character and how they were feeling from the author's writing. The author did well in describing the places, people and scenes. The book flowed well.
The blurb described the book very well.
I would recommend the book to people but people of a younger age.
If the author had another book out I'm not sure I would read it as I may not be the target audience but I would always read the blurb and then make a decision. I wouldn't actively look for this author.

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Haley Mathiot (9 KP) rated The Alligator Man in Books

Apr 27, 2018

I decided I loved James Sheehan’s work after reading last year’s release The Lawyer’s Lawyer. I jumped at the chance to read this new book and was not at all disappointed.

The Alligator Man starts off with a chapter from the perspective of a murder victim. From the very first chapter, I was hooked. There were two parallel stories going on at the same time, and at one point I didn’t know how they related. About halfway through the book the connection became clear and suddenly every character was a thousand times more important, and every word more interesting. At one point the case seemed hopeless, at others it seemed there could be no other alternate ending. But of course there were several wild twists at the end that totally through me. Yeah, several. Not just one surprise. Like, surprise after surprise. And maybe a little bit of crying at the very end.

All in all, I loved The Alligator Man and am, once again, impressed with Sheehan’s ability to make a dry boring courtroom seem exciting, and to weave a powerful story about humans and love and greed and destiny.

The narration was very good, though not as good as The Lawyer’s Lawyer. In the same way that the narrator didn’t add anything to the book, he didn’t take anything away either.