Stigmata : A Novel

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Summary: Not bad for a debut!
Review: What really attracted me to this book when I first saw it in the bookstore was the cover. After I began reading it, I knew that I had made a good choice. I don't think that Ms. Perry went as far into it as she could have, but nevertheless, it was an intriguing read. I stayed up from 10:00 last night until 2:30 this morning just trying to finish it! It just seems like all the books that I have read lately, however, just don't end the way that I want them to!

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Summary: Marked for life.
Review: When this story opens, Lizzie is about to be released from a mental institution. What put her in there for a little over 10 years was what the doctor's contributed to having constant, vivid dreams about her ancestor coming to America on one of the slave ships, and her grandmother's life with her grandfather. The reality of the situation was that Lizzie was having out of body experiences and being transplanted back to the bodies of these people and being able to see their lives played out without being able to control their bodies. This abililty was blessed (or cursed) from her contact with her grandmother's quilt that was left to her after her death. To complicate matters further, everytime she find herself back in the past, the scars that her great-great-great grandmother received as punishment while she was a slave, begin to appear on Lizzie's back and the shackles that bound her on the slave ship now appears as red circular sores around Lizzie's wrists. Her parents think she's cutting herself and the psychiatrists think that reality is too hard for her to live in, so what is she to do? This book would have been better if the timelines had been placed in order instead of jumping from one point in time to another. Repetitive, slightly confusing, and deeper than a drinking well, this book is for those mindset runs on an more expanded level, and definitely need something to invest in.

Rating:
Summary: Marked for life.
Review: When this story opens, Lizzie is about to be released from a mental institution. What put her in there for a little over 10 years was what the doctor's contributed to having constant, vivid dreams about her ancestor coming to America on one of the slave ships, and her grandmother's life with her grandfather. The reality of the situation was that Lizzie was having out of body experiences and being transplanted back to the bodies of these people and being able to see their lives played out without being able to control their bodies. This abililty was blessed (or cursed) from her contact with her grandmother's quilt that was left to her after her death. To complicate matters further, everytime she find herself back in the past, the scars that her great-great-great grandmother received as punishment while she was a slave, begin to appear on Lizzie's back and the shackles that bound her on the slave ship now appears as red circular sores around Lizzie's wrists. Her parents think she's cutting herself and the psychiatrists think that reality is too hard for her to live in, so what is she to do? This book would have been better if the timelines had been placed in order instead of jumping from one point in time to another. Repetitive, slightly confusing, and deeper than a drinking well, this book is for those mindset runs on an more expanded level, and definitely need something to invest in.