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4.22 AVERAGE
4.22 AVERAGE
2nd read 11th dec 21-26th jan 22 - it killed me just as much. I felt every single emotion just as much as the first time around. What a special book.
3rd read 13-16 dec 2022 - the feelings are just as strong, as the last time. I love it so much. Forever hard-hitting and heart wrenching...
4th read 11-16 dec 2024 - nothing has changed. I loved it just as much here the fourth time around.
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Who cried? Me? Nooooo, why would you think that? Red puffy eyes? I have no idea what you're talking about...
So where to begin with this story? I won't say much because reading this book is a unique experience on it's own. You have to go in without knowing anything at all.
But to sum it up, the story is about Taylor Markham, who was abandoned by her mother as a child and is now in a boarding school. Taylor is elected as a leader in the territory war games played by her school with the Townies (locals) and Cadets. But oh people, it's SO much more than that. The story might be confusion to start with, but just stick with it.
The topics varies between responsibilities and grief and battles lots of mental health problems.
I haven't read a proper YA in such a long while, but this was so much more than just that. Remember to keep your mind open and keep reading if you ever start this one, and please do.
Also Jonah Griggs has captured my heart... Not only him though, the whole crew, past and present. I just miss them so much now. I feel like they're my friends..
Another sum up would be that this book is absolutely beautiful, powerful and tragic. It will stay with me for a long time and I'm gonna purchase a physical copy, because I just need to be able to hug it.
TW: suicidal thoughts, violence, drug addictions, suicide, car accidents also mention of child pornography
Buddy read with the masters Azrah, Fares, Karima and Warda. I have high hopes of this book wrecking my heart!!
3rd read 13-16 dec 2022 - the feelings are just as strong, as the last time. I love it so much. Forever hard-hitting and heart wrenching...
4th read 11-16 dec 2024 - nothing has changed. I loved it just as much here the fourth time around.
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“And life goes on, which seems kind of strange and cruel when you're watching someone die.”
Who cried? Me? Nooooo, why would you think that? Red puffy eyes? I have no idea what you're talking about...
So where to begin with this story? I won't say much because reading this book is a unique experience on it's own. You have to go in without knowing anything at all.
But to sum it up, the story is about Taylor Markham, who was abandoned by her mother as a child and is now in a boarding school. Taylor is elected as a leader in the territory war games played by her school with the Townies (locals) and Cadets. But oh people, it's SO much more than that. The story might be confusion to start with, but just stick with it.
The topics varies between responsibilities and grief and battles lots of mental health problems.
I haven't read a proper YA in such a long while, but this was so much more than just that. Remember to keep your mind open and keep reading if you ever start this one, and please do.
Also Jonah Griggs has captured my heart... Not only him though, the whole crew, past and present. I just miss them so much now. I feel like they're my friends..
Another sum up would be that this book is absolutely beautiful, powerful and tragic. It will stay with me for a long time and I'm gonna purchase a physical copy, because I just need to be able to hug it.
What’s the difference between a trip and a journey?' and my father said, 'Narnie, my love, when we get there, you’ll understand,' and that was the last thing he ever said.”
TW: suicidal thoughts, violence, drug addictions, suicide, car accidents also mention of child pornography
“Hold my hand because I might disappear.”
Buddy read with the masters Azrah, Fares, Karima and Warda. I have high hopes of this book wrecking my heart!!
Oh my God, this book. It is incredible. I cannot do it justice by attempting to review it here because it really has to be experienced. I will say that the first chunk of the book can be rather confusing but this book pulled me in and has not let go.
Can't review yet. Too tired. Too much bittersweet, tangy sadness. Maybe tomorrow I'll review it... Maybe never. Maybe you should just fucking read it yourself you lazy bastards.
Actual rating: 4.5 stars
The beginning was super slow and confusing but once it picked up, I was hooked. This won't be the last Melina Marchetta book that I read. Full review to come
The beginning was super slow and confusing but once it picked up, I was hooked. This won't be the last Melina Marchetta book that I read. Full review to come
I absolutely loved this book! It is one of my all time favorite books now and I plan on rereading it! It's different than most YA novels but in the best way possible!
Let me tell you something about this book:
I dropped it. Twice. TWICE.
I had really high expectations because I had seen quotes of it before and I thought it was so beautiful, and yes, it was beautiful but also so so boring. There were parts were I didn´t understand what was going on.There were pages I had to read THREE TIMES so I could understand. The first time I dropped it I read about 70 pages and I thought it was so so not interesting. A couple months later I grabbed it again, I was like "cool, let's do this. I can do this. Maybe it gets exciting". Well, that didn't happen and i Dropped it 100 pages before its end.
Let me tell you something more, this was 5-6 months ago and I don't even remember the characters' name. No kidding. I guess this tells you something about how much I didn't like it. And i see the ratings and I'm thinking "what did I miss?" "I tried to read it twice and I couldn't go on WHAT THE HELL IS SO GOOD ABOUT IT?".
So yeah, that's basically my review, however, i can understand why people like it, because althought everything I've said, I think it was a nice story, I think it was written in a beautiful way, it just didn't work for me. I was always wondering when were the shocking things were gonna happen. The plots, the exciting things, and they didn't, so that's pretty much why I dropped it.
Who knows? Maybe some day I get to finish it.
I dropped it. Twice. TWICE.
I had really high expectations because I had seen quotes of it before and I thought it was so beautiful, and yes, it was beautiful but also so so boring. There were parts were I didn´t understand what was going on.There were pages I had to read THREE TIMES so I could understand. The first time I dropped it I read about 70 pages and I thought it was so so not interesting. A couple months later I grabbed it again, I was like "cool, let's do this. I can do this. Maybe it gets exciting". Well, that didn't happen and i Dropped it 100 pages before its end.
Let me tell you something more, this was 5-6 months ago and I don't even remember the characters' name. No kidding. I guess this tells you something about how much I didn't like it. And i see the ratings and I'm thinking "what did I miss?" "I tried to read it twice and I couldn't go on WHAT THE HELL IS SO GOOD ABOUT IT?".
So yeah, that's basically my review, however, i can understand why people like it, because althought everything I've said, I think it was a nice story, I think it was written in a beautiful way, it just didn't work for me. I was always wondering when were the shocking things were gonna happen. The plots, the exciting things, and they didn't, so that's pretty much why I dropped it.
Who knows? Maybe some day I get to finish it.
initially I wasn't impressed. the audio was hard to follow and the jump between two story lines was confusing. my interest picked up around chapter 17. Prior to this I considered abandoning the book but felt as though I was too far in to give up now. the book earned a 3 star rating from me because it did pick up later; I would have liked this to happen earlier.
I never properly reread this ever since I read it for the first time as a teenager, so that was interesting. For example, I either didn't comprehend or completely blacked out that Taylor was a rape victim as a child. I also think I Mandela effected Ben being a more integral member of the main friend group.. He was cute, but largely secondary. That aside, I think my only issue is that a lot of Marchetta's neo-liberalism shown through and it was at times irritating.. but it obviously wasn't relevant at all to the plot, so I could tolerate it. Overall, this is still as gut wrenching, if not more, as the first time I read it. Love!
Really good, very emotional! To be honest I was really confused for a while, but I figured it out eventually. Love Jonah, also random Australian slang :)
Jellicoe Road is about Taylor Markham who was abandoned by her mother at age 11 and spent the past six years living in the boarding school off Jellico Road under the care of Hannah, the woman who came to pick her up when her mom abandoned her.
Now 17 and the reluctant leader of the Houses of her boarding school in the generation old war against Townies and the Cadets, her past is catching up with her. Add to that the fact that Hannah has mysteriously disappeared, a creepy Brigraider is hanging around Hannah’s home, and Jonah Griggs, the Cadet she ran away with 3 years ago, is back in town.
Jellicoe Road isn’t what it seems, it’s a complicated story: While Taylor’s trying to protect her boarders from the Cadets and Townies, she’s trying to make sense of Hannah’s disappearance and deal with the scars from the absence of her mother. Oh and there’s also Hannah’s manuscript, the story of 5 kids who’s lived on Jellicoe Road about 20 years ago, that may or may not be true.
The first few chapters are pretty confusing. Probably because it’s a story that’s been going on for a while and you, and Taylor, have somehow started in the middle, missing all the important facts. But after you get through the first few chapters and everything starts falling into place, it’s hard to put the book down. The characters are amazing and beautifully developed. There are a lot of twist and turns as you start figuring out how all the characters are connected.
When everything started making sense is when I started crying. Melina Marchetta has this way of writing that just gets you. There are parts that aren’t all that sad, but I cried anyway because of the way Marchetta wrote it. I can’t really do this book justice in a review, so you’re just gonna have to read it yourself. Be ready though, the first few chapters are confusing as funk, but it’s all worth it in the end.
This book has mystery, love, loss, grief and some good laughs. It’s one of those books that you have to read over again because it’ll be a whole different experience.
FIVE STARS!
=Doyin
Now 17 and the reluctant leader of the Houses of her boarding school in the generation old war against Townies and the Cadets, her past is catching up with her. Add to that the fact that Hannah has mysteriously disappeared, a creepy Brigraider is hanging around Hannah’s home, and Jonah Griggs, the Cadet she ran away with 3 years ago, is back in town.
Jellicoe Road isn’t what it seems, it’s a complicated story: While Taylor’s trying to protect her boarders from the Cadets and Townies, she’s trying to make sense of Hannah’s disappearance and deal with the scars from the absence of her mother. Oh and there’s also Hannah’s manuscript, the story of 5 kids who’s lived on Jellicoe Road about 20 years ago, that may or may not be true.
The first few chapters are pretty confusing. Probably because it’s a story that’s been going on for a while and you, and Taylor, have somehow started in the middle, missing all the important facts. But after you get through the first few chapters and everything starts falling into place, it’s hard to put the book down. The characters are amazing and beautifully developed. There are a lot of twist and turns as you start figuring out how all the characters are connected.
When everything started making sense is when I started crying. Melina Marchetta has this way of writing that just gets you. There are parts that aren’t all that sad, but I cried anyway because of the way Marchetta wrote it. I can’t really do this book justice in a review, so you’re just gonna have to read it yourself. Be ready though, the first few chapters are confusing as funk, but it’s all worth it in the end.
This book has mystery, love, loss, grief and some good laughs. It’s one of those books that you have to read over again because it’ll be a whole different experience.
FIVE STARS!
=Doyin