My Name Isn't Joe

My Name Isn't Joe by James Thomas
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

The author reached out to me to read and review his book.  I usually dont do this with authors I dont know, but it seemed like an interesting read.  Not my usual genre but I am game to trying new ones.  I must say in the beginning I wasnt sure I would finish this book.  At best I was giving it 3 stars.  But you need to hang in there to get the story.

We follow Joseph who is big time depressed (not a fan of stories about depression) but we do find a very sad life - he gets stabbed, breaks toe, etc. and I found that I wanted to help him straighten out his life (must be the mother in me).  But the more I read the more I found out a whole different side to Joseph and how sometimes the life we grew up in determines the life we make for ourselves.  This is definitely a deep story and warrants a look into why people feel they way they do.  Very emotional and worth the read if you can get past the sadness.

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