You Can't See The Elephants: A Very Ranty Review.

I can't believe this. This is sick. 

You Can't See The Elephants is a book about child abuse. This contains spoilers. Also, this isn't a review, but more of a rant. 

MAIN CHARACTERS: Mascha, who deserves a ten year prison sentence. 

So, Mascha meets these kids, Julia and Max, and Mascha learns that they are being beaten by their parents. Everyone Mascha tells doesn't listen, so she kidnaps Julia and Max. 

Kidnaps.

K i d n a p s . 

K i d n a p s . 

Mascha leads Julia and Max to an abandoned 1 room house in the middle of the field, and locks them in.

She comes back three hours later to screaming. Julia screaming.

"What I saw in the two eyes was incredibly different-it was flat-out rage." -Mascha

"Where were you? Where did you go, wherewereyouwherewereyou!" -Julia

"Your mother had to go to the hospital. ------------- And your dad asked me to look after you. You can't come to my grandparent's becuase they are not here right now, so you have to stay here" -Mascha

This is a one room house with no food, no water, no toilet. Julia is nine, Max is seven. 

"She screamed and she screamed and she screamed, she screamed everything out. "I want to get out of here!" she yelled. " I want to get out of here now, let me out! She ran around the room like a crazy person, trampling the games and the sweets and the greasy plates. "Mascha!" she screamed. "You stupid cow, you stupid stupid cow. Why are you keeping us here?" She rattled the door and the grate on the window, but they didn't give, and Julia just got angrier. "We stink, can't you smell it? We're sweaty and filthy and there's no bathroom. Do you realize how horrible this is? What have we ever done to you?"" 

"You don't understand anything! I was trying to save you, don't you get that you crappy little monsters?"-Mascha

Even though Mascha faces a consequence for her actions (everyone rightfully hates her and is convinced she will kidnap their children), it doesn't feel right. It feels like Mascha isn't guilty or regretful, she's happy because Julia and Max are now out of their abusive home. The only time she shows any sign of regret is when she sees a newspaper saying the following, along with saying what Mascha did:

"As if nothing had happened; the young kidnapper and her family enjoying a cup of iced tea in their garden." 

-Sarah