Another good Cybil YA book, Jellicoe Road but there are a couple of problems with it.
First, it’s Australian. And while I like Australian books, the more modern of them can be difficult to wrap my head around. The characters confuse me – they some times seem American and other times seem European and I need them to seem Australian, whatever that means.
Second, it’s a YA problem book, which is enough to make you crazy. And the damn problems are all related to just how stupid adults can be when it comes to raising children.
OK another problem, the confusion of the characters makes for confusion in the book which causes confusion for the reader.
Once I settled into the confusion, got my bearings a little bit – I liked the story, though it was a wee bit predictable. I liked all of the characters from the beginning – except maybe the original five (which makes sense because they are the adults who screwed up the main characters in the story…)
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This has been sitting on my library shelf for awhile, waiting for me to read. I’ll get around to it soon I suppose. It’s one of those that I feel like I should read rather than wanting to read.
Did you know it won the Printz this year?