Believe Me

Hey everybody!

Next up is the book Believe Me by Nina Killham.

Thirteen-year-old Nic Delano has a lot of questions. Like why does he have a babysitter at his age-and where did she get such long legs? But mostly, what exactly is the meaning of life? His mother, Lucy, an astrophysicist and atheist, has always encouraged Nic to ask questions. But lately she doesn?t like the answers he?s getting. Nic has been hanging out with a group of devout Christians and is starting to embrace the Bible?and a very different view of the heavens. But when unexpected tragedy strikes, Nic and Lucy?s beliefs are truly to put to the test. And they need each other now more than ever. But will a mother and her son be able to find a common ground where faith meets understanding and love is, ultimately, what endures?

I definitely judged this book by its cover. Not going to lie. Also, the title caught my attention. So this was written in the point of view of a 14 year old boy but it's meant to be an adult novel. It had the simplicity of a teenager's writing and it was all over the place. Maybe that's why the book didn't go deeply into the topics it was supposed to. The characters never really developed, although at first they were interesting overall they were flat. It was very superficial. And the big tragedy? Happens at in the last 50 pages. Definitely not enough time to resolve the issue at hand. it just kind of ends...okay? I thought maybe there would be this big point that made the book worth reading. It's like the adult version of Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. The concept was a good one and had a lot of potential but Killham didn't follow through. I gave it 2 out of 5 stars.

Keep reading!
Mackenzie

P.S. This was a book for my separate 2015 reading challenge, fulfilling the "A book based entirely on it's cover"