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“Pretty good, but sometimes Tully annoyed me a lot. I think it was because she didn't always do the 'right' thing and her decisions were at times extremely selfish and destructive. That being said, I think this sort of writing and the fact that Tully made some stupid mistakes gives the story a very real quality. People screw up and books don't always have to be happy!”
Sam wrote this review Monday, March 12, 2012. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“My Favorite book!”
Mrsmamaharry wrote this review Monday, December 26, 2011. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Wonderful story about growing up! Takes place in KS, near all the places I grew up :)”
Lacey Stephens wrote this review Friday, February 11, 2011. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Fantastic Book, bit of a weepy book but still a fantastic read”
Miss Jess wrote this review Saturday, October 16, 2010. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Paulline Simons is a writing Godess!
Lilli T wrote this review Tuesday, September 14, 2010. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Tully has opened up so many differnent doors and worlds for me. ”
“Tully Makker is a survivor. She survives her father's abandonment at the age of 7. She survives her uncle's "attentions" at the age of 12. She survives her mother's abusive hands throughout her childhood and adolescence. Her best friend's betrayal in her senior year of high school is the hardest for Tully to survive. She survives....but not without scars....scars on her wrists, scars that haunt her in her sleep, scars upon her heart. There are those who try to help Tully throughout her life. There's Robin, a good man who loves her unconditionally with all of her scars. A man who asks nothing of her, who endures her silence and betrayal, and still loves her with every ounce of his being. There's Julie, one of her best friends from childhood. Yet she too is trying to come to terms with her own life and her own mistakes and regrets. And there's Jack, the man who open's Tully's eyes and her heart, who makes her face her grief, a grief he too shares.
amanda v wrote this review Saturday, July 3, 2010. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Undeniably, "Tully" is a story of survival and self-discovery. It's about a friendship so strong that it endures even beyond death. It is about a love so strong that it endures through months of absence and years of dreaming. What makes the character Tully so real is that she is far from perfect. She makes mistakes, big ones, mistakes that made me say "What the hell are you doing?" I disagreed with many of her choices, so much so that I wanted to shake some sense into her. But always throughout the story, I wanted Tully to take that step, to take off the armour, trust someone, let them in, let them help her unburden herself from all of the grief she carried around. I wanted her to see that her life was good....if she would only live it for herself.
Paullina Simons has fast become one of my favourite authors. She makes me adore her characters....fall in love with them...cheer for them...cry for them....mourn for them. She makes me find it within my heart to forgive them their sins...even when I wouldn't forgive myself the same sin. I cried a lot in this book, for the author has left the door open for me to examine my own life decisions, to ask the "what if" questions, to examine the skeletons in my closet. Sure, I have many regrets, and yes, my life could have been different. But like Tully.....I have survived.
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“Couldn't put it down, at times a traumatic confrontation of family”
Laura F wrote this review Saturday, April 17, 2010. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“I have given up on this book,I find it hard going. Maybe I,m not in the right frame of mind at the moment”
Pat M wrote this review Sunday, January 24, 2010. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Totally LOVED this book. It will make you laugh and will make you cry.”
Emma S wrote this review Wednesday, January 20, 2010. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“The main Character in this has many many faults. For me that didnt make her unlikable but human. She isnt any kind of hero or trying to make the world a better place she is just trying to live her life and learning from her mistakes far too late. This was a book I read in my teenage years and for some reason I still remember it.”
Jessica W wrote this review Thursday, January 14, 2010. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
