Reviews for White House Kids

The average rating for White House Kids based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-09-17 00:00:00 Multiline Traders My generation is over-saturated with scenes of violence, rape, murder, and terror, both on screen and off. As an avid reader and TV junkie, I don't think I could even begin to catalogue how many times a day I see or read something deeply disturbing. I think that is why "The River King" made such a strong impact on me. It haunts me. It is an extreme rarity that something I am reading can disturb me so much that I need to put it down for a few moments before I can bear to continue. With "The River King" there was one scene in particular that quite literally took my breath away. It is an immensely powerful book. Like much of Hoffman's work, it includes magical realism, twisted family secrets, small town collisions, and falling in love. The ending doesn't tie up as neatly as some reader's might like, but to me that is part of the power of the novel. The book has stayed with me, long after I closed the last page. I recommend you have someone nearby while reading, as the descriptions of love, betrayal, and cruelty left me feeling reckless, untethered, and much in need of a hug.

Review # 2 was written on 2012-08-08 00:00:00 Chelsea Cox In the past I have loved Alice's magical and almost poetic prose. Her plots have been intriguing and always such idiosyncratic characters. You know, what' not to love? THE RIVER KING certainly starts out in the same way though this one dark, lots of rain, twigs breaking, howling wind. Something crappy is going to happen. She lets us know in her own unique way. and so it does. And no pun intended, that is surely the case with what occurs to Gus. I wish I could divide the book into two scores because the first half had the BEEF, pace, suspense, lots of subplots and then there is the grinding second half. No heart, no rhythm, unsatisfying climax and just a big nothing ending. SO no surprises, didn't dig it. Alice needs a drink, or a break, or a good roll. Not her best effort at all. But feeling generous I will give it a three.