SuitabookDaughters unto devils
Amy Lukavics
- Reading
- Consider checking in when the family reaches the bloodied home, and agree that the reader can pause if the horror becomes overwhelming.
- Themes
- Fear, guilt and evil: Amanda wonders whether the prairie is tainted by wickedness or whether evil lies within herself. The premise raises uncertainty about how Amanda understands what is happening; it does not establish which explanation the story supports.
- Pregnancy and responsibility: Amanda is pregnant after secretly meeting a boy, while her family is moving to the prairie. Pregnancy is central to Amanda’s circumstances, but the overview does not show how her choices or responsibilities are judged.
- Worth knowing
- The overview includes a blood-soaked home, a severely afflicted newborn, pregnancy and stories of men killing their families; these may be intense material for some readers.