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3.45 AVERAGE
3.45 AVERAGE
I read this book when I was in middle school, just like all the other reviewers on here who liked it back then. But I hated it. It seemed very boring and fake. And frustrating. Every time something even close to exciting happens, Janie just effs it up.
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I must have borrowed this from one of my cousins' kids while we were on vacation this summer, but I don't remember who had it. In any case, it's a book that young adults will almost certainly love, even if it's dated enough now by the fact that no one buys milk in cartons, nor are there pictures of missing children on milk containers period. But every kid has felt alienated from their family at one point, and has probably wondered what their life would be like if they really belonged with a different family. The narrator of this book isn't sure if she's losing her mind or if she really was kidnapped as a young child to be raised by her current parents. Relatively gripping read for teen lit, although with a little too much time spent on whether or not she is going/ought to have sex with her boyfriend. I've got nothing at all against sex in books, even teen books if it's handled well, but it honestly distracted me from the story here. In any case, I kind of wish my cousin's kid had had the sequel too, because I still don't know how it all turned out... :)
tense
informative
Its an OK story. I thought the story line was interesting, but Janie annoyed me. Some of the emotions and actions did not seem real.
This book was a solid 'okay'. I didn't enjoy the pacing of it for the first half though I feel like it became more evened-out and less peculiar as the book went on. The characterisation was realistic though I did find the parent-child relationship grating at times. I really didn't enjoy the resolution of the novel - it felt like the author got lost in a corn maze trying to think of a solution to the problem of Janie having kind parents. Too convoluted and unbelievable. The writing overall was good though, an easy, quick read.
Janie see a picture on a milk carton when she is having lunch with her friends at school. She is stunned because the little girl in the picture is her. Were her parents kidnappers? She takes the milk carton home with her and keeps in clipped in her notebook. It is never far from her mind and when she starts have glimpses of memories she begins to wonder if she is going crazy.
I like the story. I can remember watching a TV movie that had Kellie Martin in it. Never realized than that it was from a book. Anyway it was a good read.
I like the story. I can remember watching a TV movie that had Kellie Martin in it. Never realized than that it was from a book. Anyway it was a good read.