Official Review: Mommy, Don't! by Michele Swensen

[Sahani Nimandra]

Wow, sounds like a moving read. I'm definitely willing to give a shot! Thanks for the review!

[JusCally]

Fantastic review! Such a personal story deserves a beautiful assessment like you've given. I'll have to give this one a pass, purely because otherwise I will never stop crying, but I commend you for choosing this book to read and taking it to heart.

[Jkhorner]

These books are incredibly hard to read, but certainly powerful and perhaps cathartic to the author. It seems to have brought about strong emotions in you as the reviewer! Thank you for the recommendation, and for the thorough review.

[SSvay]

Reading this review touch my heart just because I know what it feels like to be afraid and alone with no one to reach out to. Getting hurt by your family and abandon by your mother or father and no where to escape to.

[Eileen R]

This sounds like a really tough read. I always appreciate authors who handle such difficult topics as Child Abuse. It's about time that such topics are brought to light because although they exist they're sometimes hidden in the darkest corners and the victims are left to suffer in silence. Great review.

[crediblereading2]

It is easy to see why this story has brought you to tears. It is really heart wrenching to see young children being subjected to such abuse by older persons. Many times the older ones say it is because they were abused as a child why they have become abusers themselves. I question though, why would someone want to put someone through hell after he/she has experienced it?

[bootsie0126+]

This is a definite must-read for me. I identify with it all.
One of the reasons we don't go to the cops or escape, although sometimes we try, is that we feel that we won't be believed, we will end up back and it will be even worse, or sometimes even it is loyalty, a bond a child has even for very bad and abusive parents is hard to break.

I'm sorry for your pain. Although I have not personally experienced abuse, I appreciate your courage to speak out. It is sad when victims are not believed in certain situations. Not taking anything away from your story, but this is the same thing that women who have been raped has gone through. many times they feel ashamed and don't want to relieve the incident in court because more than likely they feel like they are the ones on trial instead of the actual person who did it. Thanks for sharing.

[dhomespot]

These books are incredibly hard to read, but certainly powerful and perhaps cathartic to the author. It seems to have brought about strong emotions in you as the reviewer! Thank you for the recommendation, and for the thorough review.

It was a very eye-opening read for me. I was talking to a guy the other day about a dad that beat a man to death when he caught him raping his little girl. This guy told me that the guy should have just called the cops because the rapist did not deserve to die and that the little girl "could get help and get over it". I think that even with help, there are some things that we cannot just forget. We can learn to cope, but it is always in the corner of your mind.