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Loving
Donovan by Bernice L. McFadden
Rating:
 PENS!!!!
Is it
better to love and loose
What happens when two
suffering souls meet up? Will each be able to release their pasts
for the opportunity to love? Can you really miss something you’ve
never had?
“I will never love a man!” This
is Campbell’s promise to herself. Throughout her young life, Campbell has
seen men bring nothing but pain to lives of women and men. Her mother was
so busy trying to keep up with Frank, her husband, that Campbell raised
herself. The man living in the basement, his lover betrays him with another
woman. Her first boyfriend mysteriously disappears when Campbell discovers
that she’s pregnant at fifteen. Her best friend commits suicide when the
love of her life dumps her. At every stage of her life, Campbell has seen
that men are only capable of
leaving misery in their path.
In the same neighborhood,
unbeknownst to Campbell, there is Donovan. Donovan is learning quite a
different lesson. His mother wears tight clothes, hangs out all hours of
the night and disrespects his father regularly. Donovan watches with
disgust as time and time again his father begs his mother to stay. His
grandmother controls both him and his father and constantly warns Donovan of
the devilish ways of women and the unhappiness they bring to life, “Just
look at what your mother did to your father.” Unknown to others, Donovan
experienced a tragedy that affects the rest of his life.
“Loving Donovan” is an easy
read. The characters are tragic in the trials and tribulations that they
endure. Surprisingly, the portion of the story that examines Campbell’s
“Loving Donovan” is short. Perhaps because Ms. McFadden wants to show us
that if we allow it, our past pains can ruin future contentment. Therefore
the author spends more time
revealing to us who Campbell and
Donovan are before they find love. In some parts of the story, I lost track
of the characters’ role in the plot, we are introduced to a lot of
characters in a fairly short book. As well, the story jumps from the present
to the past as each character tells their story of love and lose. Overall,
I thought this was a good book. More of the story could have been devoted
to their romance, but that may just be the romantic in me.
Leanna
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