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3.45 AVERAGE
3.45 AVERAGE
What a weird book.
Wouldn’t recommend.
An anorexic 15 year old girl gets shipped off to live in England where she falls in love with her cousin then war breaks out. She abandons them after surviving the worst parts of the war and then goes back to England later because she misses her beloved cousin. There’s some stuff in between but that’s about it.
Wouldn’t recommend.
An anorexic 15 year old girl gets shipped off to live in England where she falls in love with her cousin then war breaks out. She abandons them after surviving the worst parts of the war and then goes back to England later because she misses her beloved cousin. There’s some stuff in between but that’s about it.
An unusual novel that describes how an American girl named Daisy gets caught in the middle of a war while visiting her cousins in England. Left to fend for themselves, this is ultimately a story of survival and self-reliance. Meg Rosoff's lyrical writing style made this story even more intriguing.
I barely made it through this book. beginning was hard to get into with the strange grammar.
the ending was terrible....lots of holes in the story left unresolved.
the ending was terrible....lots of holes in the story left unresolved.
“Now let's try to understand that falling into sexual and emotional thrall with an underage blood relative hadn't exactly been on my list of Things to Do while visiting England,but I was coming around to the belief that whether you liked it or not, Things Happen and once they start happening you pretty much just have to hold on for dear life and see where they drop you when they stop.”
― Meg Rosoff, How I Live Now
― Meg Rosoff, How I Live Now
The narrator lacks a big juicy bullshit heart, which makes her much more interesting. Also children being adults makes me wonder if they do and they are in such circumstances. Probably, yes? We are more than we are when we have to be, and I suspect that applies to children more so than adults. The relationship between the narrator and her cousin was fascinating to me, but it makes me wonder who the audience for this book is. Adults, like lovely librarians and teachers and the like, could read critically, but I often find when I put a book like this in the hand of a student, there fear of the other brings out their ewws. Perhaps it is just the exposure to an idea that counts.
Anyway, this book was different, and that's why I gave it 3 stars instead of 2. I also like the pastoral setting. Cheers.
Anyway, this book was different, and that's why I gave it 3 stars instead of 2. I also like the pastoral setting. Cheers.
this book is about a girl name daisy who is shipped to London. then a war starts and she is trying to survive with cousin. somethings i kind of felt weird about. like the whole Edmond thing. and other thing was the fact that her aunt left the kids by them self's. but other then that it was good. with good quotes
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
2.5/5 Stars
This was a complete impulse read on a book I never thought I would read. I’d say it was just okay. A lot of things I didn’t like about it, but overall it was just fine.
This was a complete impulse read on a book I never thought I would read. I’d say it was just okay. A lot of things I didn’t like about it, but overall it was just fine.
I completely understand why this book won the Printz Award. It was shocking, raw, optimistic, hopeful, and unabashedly honest. It truly told the story from Daisy's perspective and that of teens. Where many books are about teens, this one made you feel as if you were in the mind of one. Rosoff has an amazing ability to tell the story without having to go into minute detail. When the children are caught in the midst of war, you can feel the emotion of what's happening without Rosoff having to go into gory details. I didn't like Daisy, not in the beginning and not in the end, but I did respect her, and she certainly grew up quite a bit throughout the novel. The feelings about the book are still percolating. The book and much of its content made me uncomfortable , it was beautifully written and certainly something that should be read.
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Eating disorder
Moderate: War