Initially, in the first part of the book, I found her writing to be difficult to believe and, therefore, difficult to get into. This is a memoir by a woman who was sexually molested and raped by an older man who was a "friend of the family". It's hard to think about him, even after finishing the book. Raised in poverty by a hardworking but often unavailable father and a mother who's mentally unbalanced, young Margaux revels in the attention of 51 year-old Peter, a magical adult who seems to focus on her alone. Fragoso could have used this book as a final act of revenge on her abuser, but instead has created an unbiased and sympathetic picture of a man who was both victim and victimizer. Somewhere between 4 and 5 stars. The supposedly main storyline of the girls (author's) relationship with a paedophile is somewhat scattered and fogged over her generally difficult childhood (crazy mother, distant, abusive father). Yu died from disease in the end and Li Mu Bai was alone and regretted his love to Yu forever. A grand jury report is inadvertently released in Pennsylvania, America reads the phrase "rhythmic slapping sounds" and is forced to visualize the actual rape of a child, and in the Sandusky/Penn State scandal, public consciousness changes. Could not put down the last few chapters. “What did I tell you when you were little girl? This is not that story. I looked up three in this book alone. But soon we realized that one was meant to be an exotic pet for the Emperor's daughter, while the other was destined to be a ferocious fighter in the Colosseum. He plays with her as if he was a child. It's a hard thing to read and even harder to comprehend. is a short story by Rudyard Kipling. This story needs to exist. I would have been bombarded with questions about the ending from my girls if they'd ever read this. The author maintained that her aim was to break the cycle of abuse in her own family, but also to warn others and raise awareness, and don't get me wrong, I believe she really did strive for these important goals. A good intro for kids to this history with happy-ish themes but not really good enough to recommend otherwise. Ok, so according to the author, its a true story. Aurelia was Julius Caesar’s mom’s name. The Boo's review (7) ...I loved this book and I give it all 5 stars. Caesar trusts Julius to watch Aurelia and her prized pet. I would have been bombarde. This was a story of 2 tigers (brothers) and the different lives they led once they were captured. Well, reading this book will make you remember that. “That it's possible to be against the circus, not because you're afraid to die there, but because it's wicked and wrong. Even if you weren't relentlessly preyed on by a hapless, weirdly charming pedophile for 12 or however many years Fragoso was, you finish reading her memoir feeling just as bad (guilty? You may want to miss the arena chapters because they are really, really gross and it made me sad.....except for the end part at the arena, because that was cool. I literally felt sick to my stomach the entire book and every time I got done reading a bit I just felt so depressed. A great quick read for tiger fans! I understand why people feel that way and I have to disagree. Davey describes the heavy issues affecting her, and regular growing-up struggles, in an articulate but believable way. On the one hand, it was absolutely compelling and I read it in a single sitting. This story has no real happy ending, no fitting conclusion. I hate writing reviews of memoirs or of personal accounts in general, especially if those accounts are horrific and appalling. Ang Lee will make the pre-sequel of Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. A part of you just wants to pat the author on the back for undertaking such a difficult task. Refresh and try again. Personally, it pretty much broke my heart on multiple levels. Lynne Reid Banks is a British author of books for children and adults. This is a young adult or teens book but I thoroughly enjoyed it. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. This memoir is certainly about a fucked up relationship, but doesn't easily fit into the category. Two tiger cub brothers are torn from the jungle and taken to Rome. A story of two tiger cub brothers, separated and set on vastly different life paths...one destined for palace life as the pet of a princess and one destined for the cruel life of the arena. But not too young, it has some young love themes. Just sayin'. For being a kids book, I would think it would have been wrapped up a little neater. Welcome back. One is given to the emperor's daughter to be raised as her pampered pet. gullible? On the other hand, the subject matter is frankly disturbing and I would feel wrong about giving it five stars. It’s good for a teen or preteen audience and I enjoyed it. People are just down right bloodhthirsty...back in the time of ancient Rome and I'm sorry to say today also (look at TV and movies now!!). Search. I thought that this book was very realistic fiction because it was almost exactly how the Roman Epmeror's daughter lived. In the end, Iron Aroma and Snow Vase got married. It reminds me a lot of the movie Two Brothers. It has to be incredibly hard for the author to open up to us as readers and share their world, their memories with us, all the while knowing that their life is now open for review by strangers. Listened to this book on c/d...wow!! For being a kids book, I would think it would have been wrapped up a little neater. She has written forty books, including the best-selling children's novel. It made me want to skim quickly to the end and be rid of it for good. I had thought that a book's reading level was determined if not solely by, at least weighed very heavily by level of vocabulary. I couldn't put this book down. I must have been way off base on that, since this book (for grades 5-7, so even younger than YA), had a number of words I didn't know. Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “We are not makers of history. This was historical fiction for kids. Loved this book. Although purely fiction, I could see this happening in Rome when the Ceasars ruled. All of that. I applaud her bravery in writing this and shudder to thing how this can happen at all, we need to educate and understand this topic as horrific as it is and the only way is through stories like hers that explain how a relationship like this one can unfold so blatantly before the eyes of her own mother and other adults. It was merely my assumption. What a horrible thing for Margaux to go through. What if he didn't seem like the kind of person who would do that? At first I thought it was a little odd to have a British accent telling the story of Ancient Rome, but I soon got used to it. Alright, this book was...odd. The White Tiger is the debut novel by Indian author Aravind Adiga. It was fascinating to read about the way of life from that time period--the overwhelming rule of the emperor, the brutality of the Circus at the Colosseum, the vast difference between royalty and slaves and the disregard of the first for the latter. Peter grooms Margaux, enchanting her with his home that is filled with animals like hamsters, iguanas, a dog and rabbits. Not sure if the film was based on this book or not but the stories are surprisingly similar. It's really, really good because a princess gets to have a tiger as a pet. I can't say that I enjoyed reading it and I would hesitate to recommend it because it is incredibly graphic and extremely disturbing. People with stories like these need to tell them, if only to help others understand, or feel understood. The story began when two tiger cubs were captured, and we (a. It's hard to comprehend how she writes her story with a rational even tempered manner. Interesting though the choice of names in her characters. There are ways to get the point across without doing what she did. Completely unneccesary and really gross. That did not happen for me. My bad! The author m. In her memoir (and only book ever published by the author who died of cancer at age 38), Margaux Fragoso talks about the sexual abuse she has suffered from the age of seven and over the course of fifteen (!) Tiger Eyes is a powerful and emotional novel about grief and recovery. The setting is 3rd century Rome. by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Tiger!" From the time she was eight years old, Maugaux Fragoso was sexually abused by a man named Peter who is 51 years old when he meets her. If you want to see the bad guy get his just desserts, it won't happen here. Totally entertaining. I thought this was a decent YA book set in Ancient Rome. There was something so thrilling about the photo inserts: the portraits and snapshots and letters reproduced to supplement to the reading experience. This book was difficult to read, but so very well written. He charms her, acts. Start by marking “Tiger, Tiger” as Want to Read: Error rating book. A part of you just wants to pat the author on the back for undertaking such a difficult task. Well, I wanted to see how it finally ended. I've had this book on my TBR for ages, and I finally decided to take a look. A direct sequel to "Mowgli's Brothers", it was published in magazines in 1893 to 4 before appearing as the third story in The Jungle Book (1894), following "Kaa's Hunting". “A reflective voice would have diminished the brutal reality. If you love mysteries and thrillers, get ready for dozens... Two tiger cub brothers are torn from the jungle and taken to Rome. The beginning was a bit slow and I considered putting it aside. Series Finder. This would have to be the most difficult torturous books I've ever read due to the extreme sensitive subject matter. Three months after his mother's death, Rob and his father are living in a small-town Florida motel, each nursing sharp, private pain. This story has no real happy ending, no fitting c. I hate writing reviews of memoirs or of personal accounts in general, especially if those accounts are horrific and appalling. Both because of the subject matter and because of the writing style. I wanted to read how she moved on from that experience, and eventually had a daughter of her own. The most famous Caesar being Julius Caesar. Tiger, Tiger is historical fiction that while written with younger readers in mind, like the best middle grade works, is a book meant to be enjoyed by adults as well. I think that for me I felt that if she could survive it than the least I could do was know it. When Margaux met this man, she was only 7-years-old and he 51. Fragoso could have used this book as a final act of revenge on her abuser, but instead has created an unbiased and sympathetic picture of a man who was both victim and victimizer. Fragoso’s fifteen-year relationship with Peter Curran, who was 44 years her senior, was full of whirling instability, ranging from violence to tenderness and from innocence to perversion. A strong reason for my choice of the book is a parallel story of the young princess (Caesar's daughter) who falls in love from afar with the young man who is her tiger's trainer. ), but I have come to appreciate Marcus and his growth a lot more - it was perhaps a bit too complex for me when I first read this book, but now as an adult I find it brilliantly done. A third of the way in, I flipped the book over to read the synopsis and realized maybe it was a little too intense for a whole family read... but my boys loved it and were captivated. The second half of the book was much more interesting to me. Initially, in the first part of the book, I found her writing to be difficult to believe and, therefore, difficult to get into. so when me and my class gits done with the book i have the movie and we are going to watch it you should get the book. My concern is that I believe the title and cover will draw in animal lovers who would be mortified by the realistically brutal scenes in this book. NO. The White Tiger makes all of these plot and thematic checkpoints compelling while holding its material at a remove—and from a distance, only flashes of personality are visible (usually through the occasional expressive close-up). I'm not sure.) I have read other reviews where people denounce her for writing it the way that she did. Having your lover/abuser's suicide be the catalyst for the end of your relationship is not redemption. 1757–1827 489. (It's a young adult book, after all.) Curran suffered childhood sexu. In a city that's always changing Tiger Tiger remains the go to in London. Well, I wanted to see how it finally ended. A melodramatic foray into an extremely fictional ancient Rome. From the time she was eight years old, Maugaux Fragoso was sexually abused by a man named Peter who is 51 years old when he meets her. You may think you've heard/read enough about child abuse by now. Would you let your little girl be alone with someone you didn't know very well? Welcome back. All of that. The question arises though whether the way she decided to tell her story was a good call. Boots is pampered while his brother, known as Brute, lives in a. There's really no redemption to this story. To put that in perspective, I usually only have to look up 2-3 words a year. The act of turning away opens the door to that behavior, we can't believe that someone would do that and so we don't let ourselves see things that in retrospect should be red flags. He zeroes in on what she enjoys, and lavishes praise. Peter grooms Margaux, enchanting her with his home that is filled with animals like hamsters, iguanas, a dog and rabbits. One was a pampered pet, the other was sent to fight for entertainment. Tiger, Tiger would be excellent to use if you are teaching ancient Roman history with students. Her voicing was easily distinguishable, and she read smoothly and well. Margaux writes through the lens of herself as a child which makes this story all the more powerful. Read with caution. It's really, really good because a princess gets to have a tiger as a pet. At first, I really liked it, then it just got weird. If you want to see a victim stand up and take back control, again I would advise you to look someplace else. The Afterword was pretty interesting though. I had the opportunity to visit the coliseum in Rome and reading this historical novel about the "entertainment" that went on in this arena was nothing short of amazing!! She adores her cub, Boots, and Julius, a young animal keeper, teaches her how to earn the tiger's trust. But I never want to read it. This is one of the most visceral and heartfelt books I have ever read. It's clear she has some emotional detachment as she writes in an almost blasé fashion, giving her abuser a sympathetic nature. He charms her, acts like a father and pretends to give her unconditional love. The most famous Caesar being Julius Caesar. Her voicing was easily distinguishable, and she read smoothly and well. I had to keep reading, turning the pages. Personally, it pretty much broke my hea. The title is derived from William Blake's poem "The Tyger". It is historical fiction set in Rome around 3rd century AD. Just finished this book. But its unflattering portrait of India as a society racked by corruption and servitude has … Curran suffered childhood sexual abuse himself, at the hands of both men and women. Indeed, the tiger triggers all sorts of magic in Rob's life — for one thing, it takes his mind off his recently deceased mother and the itchy red blisters on his legs that the wise mot… My favorite part was the ending and even if you skip the other arena stuff because it's gross...you shouldn't miss the ending because it works out great for the tiger. One is given to the emperor's daughter to be raised as her pampered pet. Today I'm reviewing Yangsze Choo's second novel which happens to be Reese Witherspoon's latest pick for the Hello Sunshine book club! This was a tough read. I hate to be this harsh, if anything I'm inclined to tiptoe around this issue, but I will admit I had high expectations for this book and they were not met. its about theas 2 tiger cubs and there taken in to rome and the empires doughtier gets one and his name is Boots and the othr one is named Brout and he is at the coliseum and he is going to fighting others to eat them and much more if such a good book. What were her parents thinking???!! Unfortunately, Boots (the tiger) gets out and things go downhill from there, soon out of their control. i was in 6th grade when i fell in love in this book i am reading it to my class right now and they love it so much too. It was merely my assumption. To put that in perspective, I usually only have to look up 2-3 words a year. They didn't protect her, they didn't teach her right from wrong, they barely spoke to her except to yell at her. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900. I was prepared for this by a well-written review I read on NPR, however, so I stuck with it. • "The Tyger", a 1794 poem by William Blake, which opens with "Tyger Tyger" I learned that even though having a wild animal for a pet sounds good...in the end they are best left in the wild. I rated this five stars because I think it's an important book and because I liked the way Fragoso was able to evoke the mood of her life in the way that she did. He never scolds her or makes her feel self-consciou. Themes of class, power, forbidden love, the value of life and personal conscience in the face of oppressive governmental/societal forces were some of the themes I perceived, which led to some great conversations with my kids. 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