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Tenderness

Tenderness

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Rachel Goss
Review: If growing up as a teen and all the problems and stress wasn't enough, Lori, had to deal with obsessions, her mother's relationships, and older men. Lori is 15 years old and has blonde hair and blue eyes. She has a very grown up body, so she looks older than she actually is. Eric Poole is 17 years old and a "monster," recently released out of jail. Lori and Eric are both in search of the same thing, tenderness.
Lori ran away from home, well technically she didn't run away. Lori told her mom that she was going to visit her two friends, Martha and George in Wickburg. There weren't actually two friends in Wickburg but she told her mother that so she wouldn't worry. Wickburg is where Lori and her mother used to live. Lori has never been settled in a house for a long period of time because of her mother's relationships. From abusing boyfriends to boyfriends who just don't care her mom has been through it all. Gary was her mom's new boyfriend. Gary was good to her mom and she felt that she might mess that up because Gary tried to touch Lori. Lori didn't want to ruin the one good thing her mom had she decided to get away for a while.
Lori has this thing, she calls them obsessions and they don't stop until she kisses the person. She was obsessed with Eric Poole. She saw him on the T.V. on the day he got out of jail. She knew she had to kiss him. She had a flashback of a day by the rail road tracks. She remembered seeing him with a girl. Eric stuck up for her and she remembered his smile. This was also an example of foreshadowing. I think it is an example of foreshadowing because if she brought it up normally it means something's going to happen that has to do with it.
Another element used is imagery. A good example is when they are at the lake. "I love the breeze on my face, the smell of the air and the water, never realized that water actually has a smell to it, clean and fresh, and Eric is handsome as he paddles the canoe, shifting the paddle from one side to another, and I half-close my eyes, squinting at him, and he looks at me with an expression on his face that I can't really pin down." I can exactly picture and have a specific smell of what it was like.
Eric was known for being tender with girls and then killing them. But with Lori it was different. She would often tell Eric how she loved him. He took her on a shopping spree and bought her everything she wanted. He took her on a canoe like she always wanted to. She was so excited and when she was on the canoe she screamed how she was the happiest girl in the world. But something awful happened, she lost her balance. You'll have to read the book to find out if Eric attempted to save her or just let her drown.
I really liked this book because it always kept me reading. I normally don't like to read but with this book it was different. It keeps you on the edge of your seat in a way wondering what's going to happen next. Also, there were many surprises like the ending was a total surprise to me.


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