Elephant by Natalie Rodrigues

The Blurb:

When was the last time you were shut down for experiencing a mental health struggle or feeling unheard by others, including those closest to you?

Summer of 2006. Four childhood best friends. A family secret.

After a strange encounter leaves him hospitalized, a timid teenage boy named Matt "Matty" Smith comes home to a continuous series of events met with anxiety, depression, and PTSD.

Under the guardianship of his grandma, Lucia, Matt lives with unspoken questions about his grandfather and parents. The elephant in the room. As Matt develops over the summer, the secrets only grow more profound and complex. Will the answers ever come? While searching for answers, Matt and his three childhood best friends encounter the meanings of love, forgiveness, and fate.

This story is for those who feel their voice is unheard and for children, teenagers, and the adult who never had the chance to heal from their pain.

My Take:

'Elephant' is the 1st book written by author Natalie Rodriguez, and it’s filled with emotions that we all find scary to stand it.

I found this book unique and very heart-touching though this book is not a short read, there are moments that the author has described, are emotional and very heart whelming.

The language used in this book is easy to read but you have to read carefully and with concentration to understand the storyline. The flow of the storyline is a tad confusing, it's due to the storyline, or it's just the writing style of the author I’m not sure, but the story in whole itself is impressive.

The twist at the end was just amazing, The author has cleverly ended the book with a cliffhanger, which was just amazing, and intrigued me to read the second book which is a continuum of this story.

Coming to the emotional part of the book the author has described each and every expect from depression to pressure, from anxiety to heartbreak, from mystery to illusions, from anger to love, from friendship to drama, in details and it felt relatable at some point.

I liked every bit of this book, also the characters are developed creatively making each scene unique and interesting.

Overall a must-read series, so if you like reading books with powerful emotions and mystery then click here and read now Elephant written by Natalie Rodriguez.