Powerfully raw and genuinely uplifting, My Name is Thank-You is a timeless story of love and pain, a precious treasure for readers of all shapes and sizes. You'll find yourself at a loss for words when you finish this book, and its thoughtful wisdom will remain with you long after you're done.
I feel like reviewing this book will be a very big challenge for me. To tell the truth, in trying to sort through my own feelings on what I just read, I secretly want to make the review as much a piece of art as the novel is. Of course, I'm aware that I shouldn't try; I want to get this review out while this story is still fresh in my mind.
However, the notion of wanting to write a review that I could personally be proud of did give me a clue as to why the book itself is so incredible: My Name is Thank-You isn't afraid to get personal. Thank-You and Josephine are nothing if not honest narrators, laying their innermost thoughts bare for the audience in every one of their respective chapters. Of course, that's not the only reason the book is good, but I would go as far as to call it the main reason. Kaizen Love is so skilled at going full-force with powerful emotions that I find it stunning that this is her debut novel. Needless to say, this book will have you smiling through your tears.
However, for all of its beauty and truth, I still have to say that My Name is Thank-You is not perfect. When it comes to problems with the novel, I noticed several punctuation errors that made it past however much editing this book went through, a flaw that I often see with self-published novels (which tend to be self-edited by authors). However, this is my only real issue with the book. I'll comment that after a while I started to feel that Josephine's hateful parents were just a tiny bit overdone – as heartwrenching as it is to see them neglect their daughter, they (especially her mother) tended to toe the line between just mean enough and cartoonish levels of mean. Of course, this is a very minor complaint on my part, as their personalities and the situation they create for Josephine will eventually amplify the emotional impact of later events in the story.
Needless to say, these flaws by no means hinder the flow of the story in any way. My Name is Thank-You is still a very well-written and well-paced novel. I've seen other reviewers say that this book ought to be taught in schools, and I agree wholeheartedly. My Name is Thank-You is timeless in all ways and a perfect candidate for teaching about strong writing in an academic setting. If you love reading, this book will make you glad that you do. If you are trying to get into reading, this book will grant you a literary journey that will have you starving for more stories as wonderful as this one. I encourage anyone who is or wants to be a fan of books to give Kaizen Love's love story the chance it deserves. Its story and message will reach readers of all ages and all backgrounds, and it will make a very special addition to anyone's reading library.
I look forward to revisiting My Name is Thank-You in the future, and I am eager for more inspirational writing from the very skilled Kaizen Love.
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Feyi Olowoye
.Absolutely amazing I just fell in love with the book . Absolutely extraordinary .!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 5, 2014