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Didn’t Like It Rated 2 stars “Kara MacNeill disobeyed her father's strict rules so she could spend time with Jake Dodson. She chose Jake over her friends, thinking she was too mature for them. She even broke a vow she had made with her friend, Mel, to please Jake, but he led her down the wrong path and she paid a price for...” see full review » see other reviews »

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  “Kara MacNeill disobeyed her father's strict rules so she could spend time with Jake Dodson. She chose Jake over her friends, thinking she was too mature for them. She even broke a vow she had made with her friend, Mel, to please Jake, but he led her down the wrong path and she paid a price for wanting to fit in with him and the so-called popular crowd.
  There is so much I didn't like about this story. I felt so bothered after I read it and I was still bothered when I woke up the next morning. It screams pro-choice and doesn't give pro-lifers a chance. In fact, it doesn't say one positive thing about making the choice to give an unborn child a chance at life. I realize the story focuses on Catholic beliefs but not all pro-lifers are judgmental, insensitive extremist. The author does send the message that the choice to have an abortion isn't always an easy one - I can appreciate that- but even though Kara seemed to have mixed feelings before and after the abortion, I couldn't feel for a girl who chose to kill her baby because the pregnancy wasn't convenient for her. And her family bonds grow closer after the choice she made? So sad.
  I didn't expect to learn so much about Catholic beliefs and that was interesting, but they were all so concerned about the "rules" of the Catholic Church; no one was thinking about the "life" inside of this girl.
  Quite a bit of this story reads like an instruction manual. Buckley does have good writing skills and if Choices hadn't been so one-sided I may have liked it better. I don't know.
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  Katrina L. Burchett wrote this review Wednesday, February 10, 2010. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No