Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I am shocked so many people thought this was a good book. The writing is seriously terrible. The author uses the same voice for both the modern-day character and the 1939 character. The metaphors and similes and insanely cheesy writing had me cringing and wondering what I'd gotten myself into (I always finish a book, so this was painful). The subject matter is interesting, but I should have just read actual historical accounts from orphans who were victims of Georgia Tann. The whole story was so over-the-top implausible the way it all tied together. None of the modern-day characters were believable nor likable. It cheapened the story of what truly happened to kids who were stolen from their parents in Tennessee back then by being tied into a book that is poorly written chick lit with a schlocky romance thrown in. I need to read some first-rate literature now to cleanse my palate of this garbage. People, please - raise the bar on what you consider a good book. This ain't it.