You don’t owe anyone anything. They help you because they love you. Why else does anyone help anyone? Letting someone help you is the nicest thing you can do for anyone."

Saw the cute little house cover with a blurb from Stephen King "A fantastic novel.....You are going to like this a lot." I'd say, "I liked it, and I was thinking about it for a few days after I finished it."a b Patterson, Christina (November 25, 2021). "The real villain in Alice Sebold's tragic tale has yet to be caught". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235 . Retrieved November 29, 2021. The present-day timeline takes place in 2008. Why do you think the author chose this year for the story? How do you think the story would have differed if it were set today? The ‘Aftermath’ section was strong, except at that point I think her use of choppy, six word sentences seem out of place. This is the stuff that should flourish, the drug use, the denial, the recovery. This is a gem of a novel. I've been subscribing to Will Leitch's weekly newsletters for a while now, and he's such a big-hearted writer that I had expected to love his latest book, and I did.

La Rocco, Claudia (August 17, 2002). "With success, a changing world for Alice Sebold". Arizona Daily Sun . Retrieved November 29, 2021.Before I tear this book apart, let me say what I liked about it. I loved the premise. A mystery with disability rep is right up my alley. I also loved the writing style. Daniel breaks the fourth wall to talk to us for most of the story. The short, causal sentences really made it feel like we were hearing Daniel’s thoughts. This writing style and the book’s short chapters made it propulsive and easy to read. I have tried to quit her, but I just cannnnnnn’t *insert sadface* because even though several of her choices have missed the mark for me, my brain keeps telling me there’s always that next Paper Palace coming up soon.

A lot of the story is explaining the debilitating disease and learning about how it affects his day to day life. The mystery is woven into Daniel's story. One of the many annoying things about being disabled is the obligation I always feel to make you feel better about your reactions to me.” Daniel has a nice home, decent job, and very loyal friends. He’s also unable to talk, care for himself, or move without his wheelchair. When a local college student goes missing, he may be the only witness. Explaining what he saw and being taken seriously is the only problem.La vergogna e la paura rimangono, la violenza non si lava via: infatti le sono serviti altri diciotto anni per riuscire a scrivere un libro sul suo stupro. Questo. What could have happened to this woman? Daniel wants to tell the police what he knows, but will they believe someone like him? What Daniel doesn’t realize is he’ll set a chain of events in motion which could threaten his life—but he’d probably do it anyway for the sake of the young woman. The best thing about this story is there is NOT an unreliable narrator. You see, the main character Daniel isn’t trapped in his house due to some psychosis and he doesn’t think he sees something while in a drunken stupor. Nope. Daniel is just like you and me. He sees a missing poster and then thinks “hmmmmm, maybe I saw that girl” but also “or maybe the girl I saw just looked similar to that girl.” Also, while Daniel is housebound, it is due to a debilitating physical condition rather than agoraphobia or something else that could render him housebound. And although there were a couple of times where I was screaming at my Kindle . . . . It’s like “the way you wait for an elevator too long, realize it’s never coming, and just take the stairs.” L'anno dopo fu pubblicato in Italia questo, ma l’ho ignorato: sapendo che era una storia vera, la vera storia della scrittrice, ho sorvolato pensando non avesse la potenza del primo che avevo letto.