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3.77 AVERAGE
3.77 AVERAGE
I actually forgot I read this as a child and thus have to admit I read it as a grown ass adult fully without 'nostalgia' intent. But yep, I did read it when it was age appropriate and it's just as cute now as it was then. And now, it made me want to make sure that if I'm ever a parent, I'm better than hers.
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
YA novel about a girl who get put in a Catholic school following an incident, and considers converting to Christianity in part to bother her parents. Not a bad read by any means, but it's been a while since I've read a book where the character motivations were so unbelievable.
And Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, author of Half the Sky, the best hiking novel so far, is kicking ass on religious topics in Leap of Faith. Abby stabs her classmate and is forced to go to Catholic school. This book has so much going on but none of it feels forced. The themes are so seamlessly woven that Brubaker Bradley moves from space-cadet parents to love of theater to sexual harassment to Catholic sacraments to friends' parents to anger and makes it all a whole. Leap of Faith is a nearly exquisite novel about the mundane.
http://surfeitofbooks.blogspot.com/2013/11/our-way-or-highway-and-two-completely.html
http://surfeitofbooks.blogspot.com/2013/11/our-way-or-highway-and-two-completely.html