Lucinda Berry

"Meet Noah--an A-honor roll student, award-winning swimmer, and small-town star destined for greatness. There weren't any signs that something was wrong until the day he confesses to molesting little girls during swim team practice. He's sentenced to eighteen months in a juvenile sexual rehabilitation center. His mother, Adrianne, refuses to turn her back on him despite his horrific crimes, but her husband won't allow Noah back into their home. In a series of shocking and shattering revelations, Adrianne is forced to make the hardest decision of her life. Just how far will she go to protect her son?"--Page [4] of cover.

Saving Noah

This was an incredibly tough read, but I read it front to cover in one day. I absolutely could not put it down. The subject matter is HEAVY, but I do think the author really handled it well. 

I’m ngl this book was underwhelming to me   The last chapter threw me off bc now I’m confused as to who’s POV I was reading throughout the book. In the end it was just meh. Not that the book wasn’t well written it’s just the storyline itself was kinda boring and dragged. 

Kiana Johnson

Samantha 

armoni mayes

super short but packed a punch, 3.5 stars

alexandria slocum

This book is my roman empire. i have not stopped thinking about this book since i finished it. my heart still hurts from it. Saving Noah will rip your heart out while ruining you. This book was extremely sad and definitely made you feel things you’ve probably never felt before while looking at people in a whole new way. Saving Noah is about a kid who realizes he is a pedophile. It is told mainly through the mom’s perspective to show just how far one would go to help their child.

This book had me morally challenged. Of course pedos should be castrated and burned alive, but Lucinda wrote Noah so innocently. The book was a bit of a drag. If not setting time to read, I probably wouldn't have finished this book. But luckily for me, it was a short read. Lucinda Berry is an author I definitely enjoy, this book just didn't hit for me. However, I did very much cry at the end. What the mom did for her son...

Ummmm, me molesta que la mamá siempre intentaba minimizar las acciones de noah y que no merecía todo el rechazo que estaba recibiendo y aunque si entiendo su punto de “madre”, también hay que ser realistas.  No sé si la autora buscaba empatizar con los pedofilos pero su forma de describir todo era un poco nada que ver. 

Valeria 

me gustó pero odie la justificación de pedofilia like wtf y odiaba a la mamá

Ximena Calvo

I’m still reeling from finishing this one. I’m still not sure how to put it into words. The story is compelling in a way you wouldn’t expect to see it. You see a different side of it all which is unique about it. It is so complex for only being a little over 200 pages and just makes you need to sit back and think about it. This is my first Lucinda Berry but can firmly say it won’t be my last. I do tend to be an over thinker and we’ll see how it translates when I read books like this. For instance I really thought I knew a part of this book but convinced myself that it wasn’t there until it happened. Which found a way to shock me more. The storytelling was difficult but executed in a way you understand from Lucinda’s writing. I think this one will be one I think about for a while. 

Priscilla Stanfield

Jesus H Christ this was depressing. The beginning was interestingly unhinged and all I expected from such a taboo premise but damn. Just depressing although it was interesting to read.

Maria Tapia

Danyella Barajas

Christina Rae Lu

** spoiler alert **
           Wasted my time reading this. I usually like Berry’s books, and it won’t take me 3 days to finish one. But Saving Noah was such a drag. Pointless plot. Annoying characters. Dad was pretty obvious.

Amanda Autumn Berrey

Five stars

A brief synopsis: Noah was a star pupil. A straight A student. A skilled swim team member. Until one life changing day when he inappropriately touched children. His mom deeply struggled with the aftermath as her family fell apart before her eyes. Told from the POV of Noah and his mother 

My review: This book was so amazing. I truly respect the way that this was written with constant acknowledgment to the crime committed. It brought up the outcomes of the families of sex offenders, which is a POV I don’t think is ever really thought about. A super emotional novel. I highly recommend

Moon of Pages

4,5 ⭐️

This was so sad 😭 I don’t cry often while reading but this book definitely made me shed some tears. 

I don’t know if I would necessarily categorise this as a thriller but it definitely had the addictive style to it and there was a twist that I didn’t see coming at all, but more than that it was such an emotional, challenging read that really gets you thinking. 

This is my third book by Lucinda Berry and so far I enjoyed all of them, I think this one reminded me the most of The Best of Friends, so I think if you liked one, you will also like the other. 

Also, I just love how Lucinda Berry has used her knowledge and experience as a clinical psychologist in writing all of her books, as a clinical psychology student myself I definitely appreciate that. 

I would like to recommend this one to people, but make sure that you know what you’re getting into. This book has quite a lot of trigger warnings in regards to mental health, so be aware of that.

Rachel Schommer

4.75/5

LB does it again!

This is the perfect example of what I love so very much about Lucinda Berry as an author. In this book she eases you in - she presents characters, a family, a situation...you fall in love with them and then BAM! she crushes your heart. 

But it's not just that, it's so thought provoking, because at the heart of the story is one of the largest societal taboos - pedophilia. Normally it's so easy to just throw out an emotional response to that word and people who embody it. They should all die, they should all be raped in prison, they should all *insert horrible thing here*, but with this book, Lucinda Berry turns that all on it's head and makes you look at the situation from a human standpoint, not strictly an emotional standpoint. We all want to protect children, but does that mean ALL children (seriously, if you haven't yet; go read 'The Perfect Child' by her as well and then let me know what you think)? What if the very thing you're damning is a child itself? 

I honestly do not typically cry while reading. I'm not a super 'tender' person if you will, but this book? Yeah, this book got me. I was surprised - not being a parent myself I typically don't relate deeply to parental issues in books. I can understand them on an intellectual level, but it's hard to really emote when you will never experience that type of bond yourself, but in this book I was right there with Adrianne as she made the most difficult of decisions. Seriously - this was a multiple tissue book for me. 

Oh, and if that's not enough, there is a hell of a twist!

Saving Noah

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