gripping - Rated 
never in a million years did i know this goes on my childhood was perfect you dont know how lucky you are until you read this book. I came across this book because i picked up frankie in asda for four pound and when i recommended it in work i was told he had wrote others, ireadthe kid in two days and then read moving on in eight hours totally gripping. Cant wait to read kaitlyn and also looking forward to his latest fallen angel. strongly recommend you read these books, as i said you will not know how lucky you are until you read these..
Unique - Rated
A unique but sad life story of survival where the odds were more against than for ! A wonderful true story but quite sad to think whilst enjoying the read, that this is someone's life. Im buying the next book.
fact or fiction - Rated 
Parts of the book i found to be very similar to A boy called it by David Pelzer. It makes you wonder if this is a true story or just a made up story that's very similar to a Boy called it. There's to many similaritys example were the teacher is so nice that kevin wished that she was his mother, were he stole the other school children's lunch, were he was always called a tramp, his father was an alcoholic. These are just a few similaritys there's to many to type.
Engaging topic, but the book itself leaves much to be desired - Rated 
Reading other reviews on this book, many appear to have passed a moral judgement on the author rather than necessarily reviewing the book itself. The following review must therefore be qualified with the acceptance that Kevin Lewis clearly experienced a horrific childhood and his ability to have surmounted these difficulties shows a courage and will that must be praised.
The book itself is engaging in its content and confessional narrative, providing a gut-wrenching account of the author's early life. However unfortunately, the writing itself is overly simplistic, as are the themes and author's resort to using the over-used cliche of implying that his later misdemeanours were due to his terrible up-bringing (although I don't doubt this is true).
The result is a read which is somewhat unchallenging, on one hand giving a unique factual account of the author's life, but on the other a less unique treatment of his thoughts on it as he looks back. The book, although valuable in highlighting and reminding of the terrible plight of some children in this country, didn't leave me feeling as if I had read something new.
very moving - Rated
the things Kevin had to live through as a child are so sad and disturbing and the way he was able to "slip" through the net, it was so obvious something was wrong and he could have been saved earlier!
His life after was, of ocurse not straight forward and he did make his mistakes, but how fantastic that he was able to get out of this. The story was really well written!
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