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3.98 AVERAGE
3.98 AVERAGE
emotional
hopeful
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
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
emotional
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book was about 100 pages overwritten. The story itself was decent, but the constant melodramatic dialogue was very cringey.
emotional
funny
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
Inspired by a true event of a chemical spill in West Virginia, author Laurie Frankel presents this hard-to-put-down story of teen triplets of fictitious town Bourne. I love the beautiful and well-thought characters. I love the sisters' bond, strength, and resilience. A bittersweet tale.
The novel slowly introduced the triplets; Mab, Monday, and Mirabel or One, Two, and Three as they call themselves and the long-term effects of contaminated water that ruin the lives of small-town folk into poverty, illness, and disabilities. Monday is probably my favorite as her personality and infatuation with yellow made me smile in the midst of all the hardship they endure.
This is my first novel by Laurie Frankel and definitely won't be my last. I want to thank Goodreads Giveaway and Henry Holt and Co. for my copy.
The novel slowly introduced the triplets; Mab, Monday, and Mirabel or One, Two, and Three as they call themselves and the long-term effects of contaminated water that ruin the lives of small-town folk into poverty, illness, and disabilities. Monday is probably my favorite as her personality and infatuation with yellow made me smile in the midst of all the hardship they endure.
This is my first novel by Laurie Frankel and definitely won't be my last. I want to thank Goodreads Giveaway and Henry Holt and Co. for my copy.
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Laurie Frankel is simply an amazing writer. She has such a talent for building characters, pulling you into their world, and allowing you to see things through their eyes, while simultaneously bringing to light an important topic.
This is the story of triplets: Mab, Monday, and Mirabel, told through their alternating voices. It is also the story of the town of Bourne, a town that has suffered an environmental devastation. Frankel skillfully weaves in so many important themes, including justice, responsibility, adaptation, resilience, and hope.
This is the story of triplets: Mab, Monday, and Mirabel, told through their alternating voices. It is also the story of the town of Bourne, a town that has suffered an environmental devastation. Frankel skillfully weaves in so many important themes, including justice, responsibility, adaptation, resilience, and hope.
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
4.5 stars
This book was good the whole time and then became amazing and rocketed to the finish line. I love smart, plucky teen girls as the core of a story, and this one has many kinds of people and relationships and perspectives, all sensibly linked in one believable community. Amazing balance between the three different narrators who explore disability in a way that’s never heavy-handed but seamlessly always in the story, and a really compelling premise, plot, and characters. Great book, I loved it.
This book was good the whole time and then became amazing and rocketed to the finish line. I love smart, plucky teen girls as the core of a story, and this one has many kinds of people and relationships and perspectives, all sensibly linked in one believable community. Amazing balance between the three different narrators who explore disability in a way that’s never heavy-handed but seamlessly always in the story, and a really compelling premise, plot, and characters. Great book, I loved it.