If I Am Missing or Dead: A Sister's Story of Love, Murder, and Liberation @ richardeward.com

If I Am Missing or Dead: A Sister's Story of Love, Murder, and Liberation
by Janine Latus
from Simon & Schuster

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Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• Enthralling once you get into it.
  I didn't think I would be too into this book - I haven't come across many good books lately. I picked this up for a quick read. I was mostly afraid I'd be bored by court cases and facts and figures. I was pleasantly surprised to discover that was not the case.
  People have said in reviews that this book was more about her sister than Amy. I took it a different way - I think if the author had talked about Amy's life, we wouldn't fully understand how Amy allowed herself to be in this relationship. I think... more info

• Excellent book!
  I am at a loss to understand why some were disappointed in Ms. Latus' book. I would venture to guess they thought they were buying a book about a murder, but if you read the jacket close enough, it never claims to be a book solely about Amy's tragic death. I found the reader was actually getting many stories in one book, with the overall theme of domestic violence. The characters are superbly portrayed, in spite of the lack of information about Jenine's mother's life, which, admittedly, I would have liked... more info

• Every woman should read
  This book touched me in ways I never could have fathomed. Every woman should read this book and feel lucky if they have never been abused by a man. They should read it to be able to recognize and help other women in need. The author went years without realizing or understanding that she was being abused until her own sister was violently murdered. I will read any other book by Ms. Latus.

• Interesting story, annoying main character
  As others have pointed out, this isn't about Amy, the murdered sister; this is about Janine, though that doesn't make it a bad story. Her writing is interesting, but as the story wore on, I felt like she had no insight into the role she may have played in her screwed up life. I'm not saying it's ever ok to hit a woman (I am a woman) - that's not the point. It's just that everything is always somebody else's fault - her father, her boyfriend, her husband. I probably don't understand the psychology of a... more info

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