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3.87 AVERAGE
3.87 AVERAGE
This was a slow starter for me, but I did enjoy it by the end. The end was a little heavy handed for me. Would I have enjoyed it more as a kid? Probably - I can see adoring the main character's toughness. And I do think I should have read them in order, but no time for that!
Now that I read the second book of the Tillerman series, I want to read more about what happens to Dicey and her family!
Barbara Caruso's lovely narration brought some depth to these characters- made the prickly Tillerman women a little more accessible. I liked the story, I enjoyed listening to it after having read it some time ago, but it's still a sad story.
Nothing about these books is easy. There are gut-punches galore. And too many "she snapped." Consider having people "say" things! But it is stellar writing, and extraordinarily moving.
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I hadn't read this before (or any of the later books in the series) and I was totally captivated. It's the sequel to Homecoming (where Dicey and her three younger brothers and sisters are abandoned by their mom and they make their way from Massachusetts to the eastern shore of Maryland--hey, that's where I'm from!--to their grandmother's house).
In Dicey's Song, it's about their transition to life without their mom and with their grandmother. School's started and it's causing huge changes for all of them--Maybeth is slow and is teased, Sammy is trying really hard not to get in fights but failing a little, James is trying not to be as smart as he is so he'll fit in better and Dicey has to deal with home ec. And if you haven't read any of these books, she doesn't do so well in home ec. At all.
I'll be reading the rest of the series this year, doling them out one per month. I think I finish in June but it may be July.
(ETA--it's now May 2010 and I haven't gotten any farther. But I will!)
In Dicey's Song, it's about their transition to life without their mom and with their grandmother. School's started and it's causing huge changes for all of them--Maybeth is slow and is teased, Sammy is trying really hard not to get in fights but failing a little, James is trying not to be as smart as he is so he'll fit in better and Dicey has to deal with home ec. And if you haven't read any of these books, she doesn't do so well in home ec. At all.
I'll be reading the rest of the series this year, doling them out one per month. I think I finish in June but it may be July.
(ETA--it's now May 2010 and I haven't gotten any farther. But I will!)