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4.0 AVERAGE
4.0 AVERAGE
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Timing is alles.
Geen beter moment dus om deze Noorse parabel te lezen dan op 25 december.
Geen geschikter ogenblik om Ronja - Roversdochter - in je toch al net iets breder openstaande hart te sluiten.
Ja, het kan hier en daar een halve pagina een béétje melig zijn, maar melig màg op deze regenachtige kerstzondag. Meer nog: melig moét. En zoet? Nee, zeemzoet wordt het nooit.
Er zitten namelijk ruim voldoende speldenprikken in het boek. En dennennaalden in je onderbroek.
Eén sterre bleef stille staan.
De vier andere zijn voor deze Stargate.
Geen beter moment dus om deze Noorse parabel te lezen dan op 25 december.
Geen geschikter ogenblik om Ronja - Roversdochter - in je toch al net iets breder openstaande hart te sluiten.
Ja, het kan hier en daar een halve pagina een béétje melig zijn, maar melig màg op deze regenachtige kerstzondag. Meer nog: melig moét. En zoet? Nee, zeemzoet wordt het nooit.
Er zitten namelijk ruim voldoende speldenprikken in het boek. En dennennaalden in je onderbroek.
Eén sterre bleef stille staan.
De vier andere zijn voor deze Stargate.
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Beautifully written and translated December story, told by a 10-year-old in the Toyen area of Oslo, about "two motherless children and an alcoholic" (39). Ronja is pointed toward a job for her dad selling Christmas trees and all is well for a short while. Then he is off drinking again and high school sister Melissa steps in for him before and after school. Melissa's manger realizes an asset in Ronja to sell wreaths and trees while the rich boss is gone, and sales shoot up. But dreams and hopes and even hard work are not always enough. And the ambiguous ending is well-described by Washington Post book reviewer Ron Charles: "By the end, burned hope hangs over these pages like the scent of smoke after a candle’s been blown out."
dark
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
[b:Brightly Shining|208580627|Brightly Shining|Ingvild H. Rishøi|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1730303712l/208580627._SX50_.jpg|93528461]. Ok. Christmas is over for now but it will be here again before we know it. This is a beautifully sad story about 2 sisters being raised by an alcoholic father. There are some good people in their lives to help them through but not enough to save them from their lives.
hopeful
This had potential and parts were heartwarming and/or heart-wrenching. But the characters were underdeveloped, nothing really happened, and the end was confusing.
emotional
funny
hopeful
sad
fast-paced
Judy Blume hand sold me this book. No notes.