Grief and guilt radiate throughout this novel. Ryden feels guilty. He blames himself for Meg’s death. If he hadn’t gotten her pregant, she wouldn’t have stopped treatment and died. Now, he is a teenage father trying to figure out how to live. He doesn’t want to give up on his dream of playing soccer professionally, but he is strapped with juggling fatherhood, being a student, being a soccer player, and working at Whole Foods.
Meg’s mother and father hate (or maybe refuse to acknowledge) Ryden which adds to the guilt. Ryden holds on to Meg through her journal that she left at his house. He struggles to hold on to who he was before all this happened. He starts to feel like his old self with a new friend, Joni, who works with him at Whole Foods.
This is an interesting journey through the difficulties of youth is adult situations.
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This sounds heartbreaking. I’m a “happily ever after” kinda girl. I know, cliche. Was is a good read?
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It really was a good read. There could still be a happily ever after involved…
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Pop culture is always giving me the female perspective on teen pregnancy such as MTV’s Teen Mom, but I never hear from the father’s side, so I’ll TBR it.
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It is definitely a different perspective. You are right, you rarely hear about the male perspective.
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I bet it was interesting to read this through the dad’s perspective! This novel sounds like it might break my heart. Worth the read you think? If so, I might just have to add another book to my TBR list!
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I think it is worth the read. Parts of it are heartbreaking, but it gives the male perspective and you get somebody the female perspective through the journals. You are left to wonder if the title means, the journals, the baby, or the boy.
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I like that you can promise a “happily-ever-after.” The book sounds pretty sad, but more than that, it feels like a journey. Thanks for the review!
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You’re welcome. It does have potential good at the end.
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New perspective coming from the father! We are always hearing about teen moms and rarely do we hear about how a teen father copes with the situation, much less a situation that this young man has been placed in. Sounds like a good read, you did a good job with your review.
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Thank you. I enjoyed this book. It was well-done and unique.
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Have you ever read After by Amy Efaw? It’s somewhat similar I think to the plot of this book in that it talks about what happens after not before. I think a lot of books tend to focus on the before and you never really get the story after what happened.
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I have not, but just added it to my to read list! Thanks!
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It was so good! Tough to get through but so good.
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