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3.98 AVERAGE
3.98 AVERAGE
One Two Three is the story of triplets who live in the damaged area of Bourne. 17 years ago, Bourne's water turned green and was unusable. The triplet's mother has been fighting for justice ever since this horrible incident left so many distraught.
What I Appreciated About This Book: I really enjoyed the set up of One Two Three, where each chapter was from the perspective of each triplet- Mab, Monday, and Mirabel. It was so interesting to see the story from each of these very different characters and to see their struggles. The triplets are experiencing love, high school ups and downs, and coming of age in a small town that's heavily down on its luck. On top of this, Monday will only eat and ear yellow, struggles with eye contact and touch, and she loves being the self-appointed town librarian. Mirabel is the smartest person in town, and is able to witness and oversee so much from her wheelchair. Frankel's ability to give a unique voice to each sister is very impressive.
What Did Not Work For Me: It took me a bit to get into this book, and I found some parts slower moving. However, overall, I highly enjoyed this book and fell in love with the triplets and their mother, Nora.
What I Appreciated About This Book: I really enjoyed the set up of One Two Three, where each chapter was from the perspective of each triplet- Mab, Monday, and Mirabel. It was so interesting to see the story from each of these very different characters and to see their struggles. The triplets are experiencing love, high school ups and downs, and coming of age in a small town that's heavily down on its luck. On top of this, Monday will only eat and ear yellow, struggles with eye contact and touch, and she loves being the self-appointed town librarian. Mirabel is the smartest person in town, and is able to witness and oversee so much from her wheelchair. Frankel's ability to give a unique voice to each sister is very impressive.
What Did Not Work For Me: It took me a bit to get into this book, and I found some parts slower moving. However, overall, I highly enjoyed this book and fell in love with the triplets and their mother, Nora.
adventurous
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
!!!!!!!!! This is a must read and now Laurie Frankel is an immediate-read-author for me
emotional
funny
mysterious
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I really enjoyed this book. The concept of a small town being screwed over by a big corporation of course is not new. But the perspective being told by the children who suffer the aftermath in different ways is really a brilliant way to go about it. I couldn’t put it down and truly loved and was inspired by the ending
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent
It took me a long time to get into the story. I wasn't keen on the changing perspectives to begin with, but as the story reached its climax, I felt it worked better.
4.5 stars
Laurie Frankel creates the most beautiful and memorable characters. She writes stories that stay with you long after you finish the book. Her characters care so deeply and profoundly that it's impossible to read her books and not feel the same way.
"This is How it Always is" was my favorite book the year it came out so I was incredibly excited to get to read One Two Three and it absolutely did not disappoint.
This story is about triplets Mab, Monday, and Mirabel who live in the town Bourne where a terrible tragedy occurred seventeen years ago and the town is still reeling from it. The girls' mother will not stop fighting for justice. A new family moves into town for the first time in a long time and things start taking a most unexpected turn.
The story is told from the perspectives of the three girls, each of whom have a unique and memorable voice. The audio version of the book is exceptional, especially with what it did to make Mirabel come alive. The overarching story is about eco-terrorism and what the chemical plant did to destroy an entire town. But then there are stories around teen love, around what it means to be sisters, around parenthood, around wishes and dreams.
This is another moving story by Frankel that will make you think. It will make you angry, it will make you sad, and it will make you cheer loudly for three girls who are so incredibly brave and mighty.
With gratitude to netgalley, Henry Holt & Company, and Macmillan Audio for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.
Laurie Frankel creates the most beautiful and memorable characters. She writes stories that stay with you long after you finish the book. Her characters care so deeply and profoundly that it's impossible to read her books and not feel the same way.
"This is How it Always is" was my favorite book the year it came out so I was incredibly excited to get to read One Two Three and it absolutely did not disappoint.
This story is about triplets Mab, Monday, and Mirabel who live in the town Bourne where a terrible tragedy occurred seventeen years ago and the town is still reeling from it. The girls' mother will not stop fighting for justice. A new family moves into town for the first time in a long time and things start taking a most unexpected turn.
The story is told from the perspectives of the three girls, each of whom have a unique and memorable voice. The audio version of the book is exceptional, especially with what it did to make Mirabel come alive. The overarching story is about eco-terrorism and what the chemical plant did to destroy an entire town. But then there are stories around teen love, around what it means to be sisters, around parenthood, around wishes and dreams.
This is another moving story by Frankel that will make you think. It will make you angry, it will make you sad, and it will make you cheer loudly for three girls who are so incredibly brave and mighty.
With gratitude to netgalley, Henry Holt & Company, and Macmillan Audio for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.
One, Two, Three by Laurie Frankel
If this name sounds familiar, thats because you’ve seen it on Reese’s pick “This is How It Always Is.”
This story is told through the views of triplets who are alike in as many ways as they are different. Sisters 1, 2, and 3, or Mab, Monday, and Mirabel live in a tightly-knit small town tragically abused by the severe environmental and health effects of a chemical plant that was supposed to grow their small economy and bring the little town to a new level. Twenty years later, the effects are still very present, and the triplets mom just cannot move forward nor let go of the futile legal battle she has been fighting since before the triplets were born. Then one day, the family who owns the plant moves back to town they devastated for reasons the girls are desperate to find out.
What I enjoyed:
-Mab, Monday, and Mirabel’s relationships were so sweet. I love their sisterhood. They also had very distinct voices, personalities, desires, and paradigms.
-Loved the representation of a neurodivergent perspective, as well as a differently-abled perspective. Both were lovable, but brutally honest. This story did not shy away from the hardest questions, and the most heartbreaking answers, but never let go of hope
-Environmental justice has an overarching conflict
-The way the story shines a light on money-driven media coverage
-How Nora, Mab, Monday, and Mirabel’s single mom, is extremely overworked, tired, snappy, but feisty, empathetic and an all around hero with flaws.
-The everybody knows everybody small town like when Oscar from the office is the store owner, the chef, and the stripper in The Proposal
-The romance is realistic and not the focal point
What I did not enjoy:
-It felt extremely long
-The plot was more like rolling hills than a mountain and it was buried too deeply under a series of tangents
There was a line that said “stasis is hard,” and I cannot find it since I listened to the audio, but I just think about that all the time. Baseline human functioning is an unexciting, but pervasive and sometimes life and death struggle for some people and I breathed a sigh of relief to hear it put into even those simple words.
If this name sounds familiar, thats because you’ve seen it on Reese’s pick “This is How It Always Is.”
This story is told through the views of triplets who are alike in as many ways as they are different. Sisters 1, 2, and 3, or Mab, Monday, and Mirabel live in a tightly-knit small town tragically abused by the severe environmental and health effects of a chemical plant that was supposed to grow their small economy and bring the little town to a new level. Twenty years later, the effects are still very present, and the triplets mom just cannot move forward nor let go of the futile legal battle she has been fighting since before the triplets were born. Then one day, the family who owns the plant moves back to town they devastated for reasons the girls are desperate to find out.
What I enjoyed:
-Mab, Monday, and Mirabel’s relationships were so sweet. I love their sisterhood. They also had very distinct voices, personalities, desires, and paradigms.
-Loved the representation of a neurodivergent perspective, as well as a differently-abled perspective. Both were lovable, but brutally honest. This story did not shy away from the hardest questions, and the most heartbreaking answers, but never let go of hope
-Environmental justice has an overarching conflict
-The way the story shines a light on money-driven media coverage
-How Nora, Mab, Monday, and Mirabel’s single mom, is extremely overworked, tired, snappy, but feisty, empathetic and an all around hero with flaws.
-The everybody knows everybody small town like when Oscar from the office is the store owner, the chef, and the stripper in The Proposal
-The romance is realistic and not the focal point
What I did not enjoy:
-It felt extremely long
-The plot was more like rolling hills than a mountain and it was buried too deeply under a series of tangents
There was a line that said “stasis is hard,” and I cannot find it since I listened to the audio, but I just think about that all the time. Baseline human functioning is an unexciting, but pervasive and sometimes life and death struggle for some people and I breathed a sigh of relief to hear it put into even those simple words.
challenging
emotional
inspiring
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes