Heart Shaped Bruise is a book by Tanya Byrne and it is her first book, a very good first book in my opinion; it was gripping and exciting the whole way through and I never wanted to put it down!
It is the diary of a girl called Emily Koll who is in the Psychiatric unit of Archway Young Offenders Institution after doing something terrible. Throughout the whole diary, Emily slowly tells us her story and bit by bit, we start to see how she ended up in the Psychiatric unit, and why. We learn about how her life fell apart after her Dad is stabbed and she discovers the second life of her father, the life of a feared gangster, and how she coped with the whole world calling her 'Crazy Koll' The book leads us to feel sorry for Emily Koll, a girl who has done something that seems unforgivable and raises questions about identity, forgiveness and revenge.
Heart Shaped Bruise is a carefully written and well thought out book, that is expertly crafted so that an elaborate picture of Emily Koll's life, thoughts and feelings are created slowly but not so that it becomes boring. I love this book is because of the clever way it has been put together and the fact that it makes you connect with the 'baddie' which is not usually what happens when reading a book.
One thing which I did not like about the novel was the way it ended, as it didn't feel like the book was finished, but felt like there should have been a few more chapters. However, although I didn't like this, some people might like the way Heart Shaped Bruise ended as it left the reader to decide what would happen and let the reader use their imagination.
In conclusion, I thought the Heart Shaped Bruise is a very well written book which helps people to think about things in a different way and instead of giving everything to you on a plate, lets you work things out for yourself, put the puzzle pieces together independently.
By Amana 9H
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