Review: Dirty Little Secrets by C.J. Omololu

Dirty Little Secrets by C.J. Omololu
Genre:  Young Adult
Walker & Company
ISBN:  978-0-8027-8660-9
210 pages

Everyone has a secret. But Lucy’s is bigger and dirtier than most. It’s one she’s been hiding for years—that her mom’s out-of-control hoarding has turned their lives into a world of garbage and shame. She’s managed to keep her home life hidden from her best friend and her crush, knowing they’d be disgusted by the truth. So, when her mom dies suddenly in their home, Lucy hesitates to call 911 because revealing their way of life would make her future unbearable—and she begins her two-day plan to set her life right.

With details that are as fascinating as they are disturbing, C. J. Omololu weaves an hour-by-hour account of Lucy’s desperate attempt at normalcy. Her fear and isolation are palpable as readers are pulled down a path from which there is no return, and the impact of hoarding on one teen’s life will have readers completely hooked.

This was one of the books I read for the Readathon last month as it is only 210 pages.  What is packed into those 210 pages is a fascinating novel about a young girl named Lucy who is trapped in a nightmare.  Her mother is a hoarder.  If you have seen the television show series on AETV called Hoarders or Hoarding:  Buried Alive on TLC then you can get a good picture of what Lucy had to live with on a daily basis.   Hoarding is a psychological disorder that is as disgusting to me as it is fascinating.  Reading about Lucy’s life with her mother and the filth that she must contend with is horrifying.  I can’t imagine being a young teenager and having to be stressed out about one of your friends discovering this type of secret; how she doesn’t really want to make friends because she doesn’t want someone discovering her home life.  The author really captures the thought processes of this young girl and her actions in the aftermath of her mother’s sudden death.  I could not put this book down.  I was a bit disappointed by the ending, but only because I WANTED TO READ MORE!!  It just kind of ended in a weird spot and I really wanted more closure and to find out where Lucy is today.  I don’t want to go more in depth with this review because it is a story that you just need to read for yourself.  It is a quick read, but you will be utterly hooked and crave more when you are done!  I would definitely recommend this book!

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