Nikki Moyes has done a fantastic project here spreading her ideas.Īlthough there is no beauty in despair, this book has beauty in sharing the despair of Lucy with the reader. The message is conveys it truly worthwhile.Īnd no matter what, there are at least some traces of hope, waiting for people who look for it. There were many things to learn from this book but most of all was to have faith. We get to see the young minds' psychological behavior from a profound perspective.Ī good book always makes you live thousands of lives, for me, If I Wake was just that. Her story is intricate, sensitive and full of dreams, time travels.

The protagonist's despair pulls you close into the story and the narrator's convincing and appreciative writing style, pushes you deep into it, until you yourself become Lucy. This is what an engagement with a book does to you. Sometimes, you don't even know what is true and which one is dream.

Constant bullying and trauma, take their tolls and what happens with her for the next phases has a shattering effect. In her dreams, she encounters with a boy named Will, who takes her to the different part of the history. Only when she sleeps and dreams, she feels alive. Not a single person shows up and that's when she comes to know that she is not accepted. At the beginning of the story, she invites her friends to her birthday party.

Life for Lucy is nothing more than a nightmare. To find hope where there seems to be absolutely none at all.' 'There comes a point where it all becomes too much. If I could have gotten my mind to wrap around the time travel approach, my rating would be higher. There are numerous five star reviews, which I really encourage you read. Suffice it to say, for me this was not a fun, feel good read, but it was a powerfully significant read, nonetheless, conveying a ‘please, hang in there’ message of hope. mainly sadness, despair for many of our school age children and disgust. This read certainly evoked quite a few emotions. I was totally engaged with the here and now, but the time travel scenes. The plot line goes back and forth between her present life and the dreams. In these dreams, she has significant worth and truly matters to others. It is where she meets up with a boy named Will, who treats her with respect. Lucy escapes cruel reality in her dreams which transports her into the historical past as well as into the future.

A girl who is bullied mercilessly, feels absolutely no worth and contemplates suicide. What made me persevere? The gist of this story revolves around a girl named Lucy. By the end of the first chapter I considered closing shop and moving on, which rarely happens. I had entered the time travel realm and immediately felt out of my element. I went in totally blind and quickly realized I ventured into a genre I never read. One I was gripped by, the other unfortunately, couldn’t hold my interest worth a flip. where to start? There are two aspects to this book.

If I Wake by Nikki Moyes