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Swallowing Stones Book Review

May26

I have never fired a .45-70 Winchester rifle but Joyce McDonald makes me feel as if I have in her fabulous book Swallowing Stones. It was a hot summer day, July 4th to be exact, and one of the two main characters, Michael Mackenzie, is determined that this day was going to be the best day of his life. It was the day of his seventeenth birthday party and it was definitely going to be a day to remember, for a number of reasons. His grandfather gave him a .45-70 Winchester rifle as a gift and he couldn’t wait to get a chance to fire it. The other main character, Jenna Ward, was having a normal day and was assisting her father, Charlie Ward, with stapling shingles to the roof. One bullet hurtling through the sky would change both of their lives in a matter of seconds.

The author really throws you for a loop with her design of the book. Instead of there being one main character, there are two. Joyce McDonald separates the book into “Michael” and “Jenna” chapters. Jenna and Michael do not officially meet until the very last chapter of the book, so it makes it makes it more convenient to separate the chapters that way.

Joe Sadowski, also known as Michael’s best friend, keeps this novel interesting. Joe would do anything for his best friend, but Michael doesn’t know if he could do what Joe does for him. Joe is accused of doing something he hasn’t done and still sticks by his best friend. Joe may be irresponsible and drink too much beer, but he is definitely a great friend in my opinion.

Jenna and Jason Friedman have been dating for awhile now. She stays on edge whenever he is around. She deals with the struggle of deciding whether to tell Jason she has lost feelings for him or to stay with him and panic every time they are together. If she tells him that she lost feelings for him it wouldn’t be truthful, but she can’t tell him why she doesn’t want to be around him.

Darcy Kelley is a “babe” to all the guys in the town, but Michael had his eyes on a different girl, Amy Ruggiero. Amy has a bad reputation around the town for being “easy to get with”. Michael may have spent one too many nights hanging out over at Amy’s house
and could cause a future break up with Darcy.

I really enjoyed getting to read Swallowing Stones. It was a pretty great book. Well, all but the ending. I wish the author would have been more detailed and clear in the ending. Although this book isn’t true, it is still relatable. I would still recommend this novel to anyone though.

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