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Save Me by Lisa Scottoline
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Let me start off by saying, I really wanted to LOVE this book.
I was intrigued by the teaser of this book. Rose McKenna is a mother to Melly (Melinda), who is in the third grade. Rose volunteers for lunchroom duty at the school because Melly has been bullied by some of the girls in her grade due to a large birthmark on her face. Every day at lunch, Melly is upset by bullying, taunting and teasing, so she retreats to the restroom to hide, or she eats lunch with her favorite teacher, Miss Canton.
One day as all the students are eating lunch, Rose notices a group of three girls making fun of Melly. As usual, Melly runs to the restroom to hide, and Rose becomes very upset. She goes over to talk to the mean girls as all of the kids are filing outside to go to recess.
Suddenly, there is a huge explosion in the kitchen and the entire cafeteria is utter chaos. As the whole place is in shambles and flames threatening to kill all of them, she must make a choice: Does she get those three girls out, knowing if she does– she won’t have time to go back in and save her daughter from the restroom? OR, does she let those mean girls fend for themselves so she can save her daughter?
What would YOU do?
I won’t give any spoilers, but I will say that this book was really good. Until about the halfway point. The second half is so unbelieveable and unrealistic that it turned the book from inspiring and thought-provoking to just plain annoying.
The last several chapters ended with such finality that I was continuously shocked to turn the page and find– ANOTHER CHAPTER! So many times the author could have ended this book and the reader would have been satisfied, but she just kept going ON and ON and ON.
Maybe others will like this book better than me, and judging from the reviews, the results are mixed. You will either love this book or hate it. Or you could be like me and simply be on the fence about it. I didn’t LOVE it, but it wasn’t a complete waste of my time or money, either.
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