Red Notebook Reviews

STORYTELLING: 5/5  WRITING STYLE: 4/5  THEMES/MESSAGE: 5/5  CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT: 4.5/5  IMPACT/ENGAGEMENT: 4/5  Total Grade: A- (90%) “You need a story about your own life, or the bad stuff in your head writes the story for you” (345). Before reading my review, you should know that it’s my first written review of anything ever. Sure, I’ve had to critique books and excerpts in an academic setting before, but this is my first tried and true review of a book I read for fun. I don’t want it to be an entire layout of the characters and their actions, nor the story that unfolds throughout the pages. Rather, I want this review to act as me telling you enough about The Road to Tender Hearts as a way to draw you in and consider reading it for yourself. Maybe I’ll throw in a couple of recommendations to pair it with as well.  —  I went into reading The Road to Tender Hearts partially blind, by that I mean that I knew it was a book about a father and a d...