Highest Rated Review by the Community
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Dec 16 '02
Pros: Written in a style that is very readable despite the graphic content presented.
Cons: Author leaves you hanging with how the rest of his life unfolded.
Summary: Although I completed reading this book some time ago, it's extremely difficult to decide just what to write about it. I came into it thinking that I was going to read a story of inspiration. I thought that although the topic was not a happy one,...
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May 11 '12
Pros: Should give anyone and everyone an understanding for those who haven't had a happy childhood.
Cons: This book was very depressing in some places so be prepared.
Summary: I read this book hoping for a happy ending. There wasn't one really just the hope that Dave's life got better. You felt that it wouldn't be possible to get over the rejection he suffered from his Mother, every now and again when he was placed with ...
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Jan 07 '11
Pros: Easy to read
Cons: Not realistic.... not sure if I can believe it.
Summary: I just finished reading A Child Called "It" and I have to say that I am a little more than skeptical. It's not that I want to believe that someone would make up something so horrible, but more that I find nothing except more questions now that I am ...
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Jan 18 '10
Pros: very easy to read, and true story
Cons: very heart breaking and a tear jerker
Summary: It has been a very long time since i have read this book and yet it still seems to haunt me. "A Child Called It" written by Dave Pelzer is a very sad story about the first twelve years of his life. This story is about the way he was mistreated as ...
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Aug 30 '08
Pros: Very easy to read.
Cons: A lot of mature content.
Summary: Dave Pelzer's novel 'A Child Called It' is absolutely an amazing work of art. It's about child abuse, and it is a very true story. The things presented in this book are cruel, horrible, and absolutely heartbreaking. It is written on a very juvenile ...
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Jul 08 '08
Pros: it is a sad book but the ending is good, nearly made me cry.
Cons: pulls on your heart strings.
Summary: "As a child, Dave Pelzer was brutally beaten and starved to the extream by his emotionally unstable/ unfit/ crazy, alcoholic mother, a mother who played tortuous, sick, evil, unpredictable games that left one of her sons nearly dead. She no longer ...
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Apr 25 '08
Pros: Opens your eyes on child abuse.
Cons: Some scary scenes of abuse.
Summary: This is a well-written yet terrifying book about the author and his real life childhood and experience when he use to be abused. The main character, Dave, is a child and gets abused by his own mom. This book is very heart-breaking but will open your eyes ...
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Jan 04 '08
Pros: eyeopening
Cons: disturbing, graphic
Summary: As a typical seven year old, the only thing you should ever have to worry about is whether or not you are going to receive your favorite toy on the top shelf of Toys R Us for Christmas. Unfortunately, young David Pelzer lived life quite ...
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Jun 16 '07
Pros: It reminded me of how special my life and that of my family is.
Cons: Need a box of tissue to finish.
Summary: As I was reading this book, I cried as I looked back on my own life. While my struggles were not near as horrific as David's, I saw some similarities. I also was in a large family where I was the only child who was the outcast. I, too, did not ...
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May 02 '07
Pros: really emotional
Cons: i will never forget i read it
Summary: This book will totally get your attention. I’m not a book fan and I also hate to read. When I was in high school I had to read a book at least once a week so I will always read those little books with cartoons in it. One day I forgot my little book and ...
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Mar 04 '07
Pros: Page turner, heart wrenching
Cons: NONE
Summary: I first read this book when I was just 15 years old. I had to go to a party that was over an hour away and so I grabbed this book to read in the car. I was so hooked that I could not put it down. The book has fairly easy reading and is always grabbing ...
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Jan 22 '07
Pros: A book you will not want to put down.
Cons: I cant imagine doing this to a child. Having a child suffer like this.
Summary: The story I read was "A Child Called It" by Dave Pelzer. This story is not one I would recommend to a young reader. I know when I read it I just cry. The book talks about a child trying to survive in a family of child abuse. And what David would do to ...
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Sep 05 '06
Pros: Non-fictional, lots of unexpectancies, keeps you on the edge of your seat, tragic.
Cons: Very sad, dramatic May be unsuitable for small children.
Summary: Have you ever been on a really dramatic roller-coaster ride and you never want to get off? Well if you are the type of person who loves drama as well as an inspiring and great story then this book is for you. "A Child Called IT" by Dave Pelzer, is a ...
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Jun 09 '06
Pros: Not many.
Cons: It's a hard read and not one suitable for children unless parential consent is saught.
Summary: A CHILD CALLED "IT" "As a child, Dave Pelzer was brutally beaten and starved by his emotionally unstable, alcoholic mother, a mother who played tortuous, unpredictable games that left one of her sons nearly dead. She no longer considered him a son, ...
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Dec 11 '05
Pros: Quick, emotional and heartfelt book.
Cons: Leaves a lot of questions unanswered.
Summary: "A Child Called It" is one of the more difficult books that I have read in a long time. The author, Dave Pelzer, details his early childhood until the time he was "rescued" from his abusive parents and home. Pelzer's story is the third worst case of ...
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Sep 26 '05
Pros: None
Cons: Story is unbelievable and has no resolution
Summary: If the abuse was real, or if even part of it was, my sympathy goes out to the author and my praise for rising above it. However . . . The book is horrific. The abuse is terrible, but those of us who grew up in the post-Auschwicz, post-Hiroshima, ...
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