I told someone earlier today that I am a ravenous reader.
Ravenous = extremely hungry
Well, now that I’m thinking about what that means, let me just say that I devouredFinding Jake.
Devour = to eat hungrily or quickly
In my younger days I could stay up til 2 or 3 AM (sometimes later) to finish a great book. I can’t do that anymore so instead I went to bed at my normal time and set my alarm for 5 AM this morning so I could finish. It did NOT disappoint.
Don’t be confused if you’ve read Defending Jacob which was also a good book but definitely not the same book or author as Finding Jake….
Had a good friend/avid reader not suggested this to me, I never would have picked it up. Seriously, who wants to read another book about a high school shooting? Please don’t let that stop you.
The book is narrated from a stay-at-home father’s perspective. I could feel his anguish and mental torture as he wrestled with the fact that he wasn’t sure if he really knew his son at all. I felt like I was living inside his mind and the suspense nearly killed me waiting to find out if we would ever find Jake or not. I LOVED this book and ignored my family for 24 hours while I hungrily consumed it from beginning to end!
