Snake Mouth By Anne Jordan - review

   

      The story takes place in England during the time when they experienced a flood. The Lynmouth Flood. I find this peculiar because after receiving this book, my town experienced a flood also. In the midst of the panic to evacuate at a moments notice, I left this book behind. The day after the flood though, my husband and I decided to hike through the woods surrounding our home to see the damage. Before leaving our home to stay at a hotel for a few days, I made sure to grab this book, and hike it back with us through the woods, so I would have something to do. I had no idea when I received this book, that it was about a flood. I try to find out as little as possible about books before reading them, so that I can be surprised. And boy was I surprised.

   Snake Mouth by Anne Jordan tell us the story of a girl named Tina Walton, who lives during the Lynmouth flood. She has tourettes, and that makes people upset with her, even though they shouldn’t be. I really felt for Tina during this book. She was so kind, and I could feel the hurt in her when she would do something “wrong” and fear she was going to hell. I’ve felt that. It’s hard, and it is so scary. That is one thing I dislike about church. Going to hell was a huge fear for me for so long, that it kept me from doing so many things, and experience so many things because I was too afraid that I wouldn’t be able to go to heaven anymore. I thought I wasn’t forgivable, and tried so hard to be good. That broke my heart as I was reading this book, because I relieved some of the times when I was terrified. Then adding the flood that just happened here in Oklahoma. This book was hard to read. It was a good, enjoyable book, but it was hard to swallow. I don’t think that it would be this difficult for others to read, it just struck so many chords with me.

   The cover is what stood out to me originally. I am a big sucker for nice covers. It also felt nice. And the chapter titles (which were only the word chapter, and then the number) had these cute little bubbles on them, that made me really enjoy the starting of a new chapter. It was a short book, but not many chapters, so the chapters felt long at times. But being stuck in a hotel room gave me plenty of time to get through them, without the other responsibilities like dishes getting in the way. This book was broken up into 3 parts, which I enjoyed because it gave me a chance to wrap up how I felt as each section came to a close. And with this book have such heavy topics for me, it was nice.  I really enjoyed the last chapter of the book. Because it truly felt like Tina was going to go on in life with people who actually care about her. And She can begin to heal and move on from the traumatic events of her childhood. Overall, this book made me feel so many things. Sometimes good, sometimes sad. But I’m glad I had the chance to read it.


I was sent this book by the publisher and bookcrash in exchange for an honest review.

I have included some photos I took of the flooding in my area. We did not see the worst of it, and it receded in my area very quickly. At the time of writing this review, some families are still away from their homes, and dealing with water. Any prayers, or anything you have to send their way, would be so much appreciated. I will leave some links for financial help if anyone feels so inclined. But I am not asking anyone to do anything. Just please pray for those still affected.

https://tulsacf.org/2019storms/

https://www.redcross.org/

https://www.okcattlemen.org/flood-relief-fund

These photos include a picture of my car, the one with the red circle is my mailbox, and the other is a photo my husband took of me trying to find something to float some stuff out on. 

But we also saw a rainbow a few days later. I am sad to admit I had never seen a rainbow in real life (I don't spend a lot of time outside) so it was really cool to see.