Mumsnet Bok Club! The Tiger's Child Review!!!

Kbear, you probably have a copy by now (only just re-checked the thread!) but if not, you are welcome to mine. CAT me if you want it x

Anyone want to pass on a copy of Tigers Child to me? To buy of course. I read the first one - amazing story.

Spykid, I've started a new thread to discuss shadows

What did you think jillyk?

I was gripped. I thought it was a very well written mystery. Not my usual read but I was reading it at every opportunity!

Should we start a spoilers thread?

Just finished Shadows of the Wind so happy to start discussions.

Any thoughts on our next book?

Any more thoughts on the tigers child?............

Anyone ready to discuss Shadow of the wind?

Thanks guys... I will pop into Waterstones tomorrow!

shadow of the wind by carlos ruiz zafon,
already read it so am waiting!

i think it was shadow of the wind....cant remember authors name

I am just wondering what the next book is? Did I miss it?

I know what you mean about the system. It just failed Sheila totally... very sad.

Like the rest of you I loved the book and at times I felt frustrated with Torey. I had read one child first so knew the backgroud. It was distressing to read about all Sheila has suffered and realise that nobody had really helped her

It did make me think a lot about how much I remembered as a child and how confused those part memories can become. Memoreies of a six year old can be very disjointed (its amazing how little dd2 remembers from being six and she's only eight!).

In summary a great book , I would recommend to all.

the book was fantastic and i couldnt put it down. I then went out and bought one child which was equally amazing.
I felt soo much for sheila and dismayed at the system for letting her down soo badly like nobody ever noting her iq or probing about home life. Why was she put back into her fathers care when he obviously could not look after her. Heartbreaking read

BIT SLOW in getting round to reading this I'm afraid but in the end it only took me 2 days!

Found it a really interesting read. It would be interesting to know just how much of the story is recalled fact and how much is elaborated fiction.

I empathised quite a lot with Tory and her feelings of being torn between love for Sheila and keeping a professional distance. It must be so hard to establish such essential close bonds with these children in the knowledge thyat you are doing so to let them move on.

I haven't read One Child but will definately do so now to piece together the missing parts of the story. It seemed rather a shame that Sheila should end up in a fast food chain I thought/... on the other hand it made so much sense, she had fought so hard to be her own person, and in this way she was contradicting what Tory expected from her.

Any more thoughts from anyone??????

PMSL chocolategirl

Really enjoyed the book too.
I was amazed that social services kept letting her go back to her dad after all the abuse that had happened.

Are you Torey, Milliways?!! Come clean, now!!

Maybe she's a lurker here!

Like other people have said, I was really shocked to find she'd confused her memories of her mother with her memories of Torey. Does that just go to show that six year old kids just don't remember that much? I suppose I just expected Sheila to remember it because I did!! After all, I only finished One Child a couple of months ago!!

And again like others have said - why didn't Torey get in touch after receiving the suicide note? I was very disappointed that she didn't. But, being as that all came ok in the end, it was nice to realise that even Torey is a human person who doesn't always do the right thing.

Perhaps the most puzzling thing was Sheila's decision to work in McDonalds? I really wanted her to go to university.

I was wonderful to learn that Anton had become a Special Needs teacher.

I wonder what Sheila's doing now. Would anybody else like to hear her side of the story? I would.

Does anyone know what Torey is doing? Does she give talks or something? Inside the cover it says she lives in Wales now - and so do I! - so I would love to know if you can go and listen to a lecture or something.

Sorry me again.

I also liked the bit where they run the summer school. I thought that was lovely.

It was obvious it was a true story though wasn't it?

All the times they lost each other? The fact that Sheilas life had not improved despite Toreys hardwork. The fact Torey did not adopt her and especially when at the end instead of going to Uni she gets a job a McDonalds!

Hey

I thought it was excellent and very easy to read, did so in 2 days!

I did find it frustrating when Torey was unable to keep in touch although she tried and I was upset that things went down hill so quickly for Sheila. That her schooling was so interrupted after Torey left and that people didn't know she had such a high IQ!

I was shocked that Torey didn't try to get in touch after the suicide letter. Considering she had been looking for her.

A fantastic book that has left me desperate to read 'One child' to get a bitmore of the background.
As Milliways said, there were several places where I found myself catching my breath, where she confuses Torey with her mother, where she reveals her 'Uncle' has been abusing her, where she says she wishes Torey could have adopted her. Also several ocassions where I felt I could have 'slapped' Torey e.g. when she doesn't get back in touch after the suicide threat (I couldn't quite get that after all the interest she had taken in this girl). Very moving indeed.