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4.15 AVERAGE
4.15 AVERAGE
At first, this was a clear 3 stars for me due to the overly long family drama, but, when the Vonetta stuff took a turn, I was hit with emotions.
I hadn't realized this was the third book after One Crazy Summer and PS Be Eleven, because it was stated as a "companion novel", but the book frequently referenced the first two books. Fortunately, enough detail was given that I understood.
The narrator for the audiobook did a nice job with accents and reading in an even voice [no crazy whispers or loud roaring rollercoaster here]. The story was interesting, and I did enjoy the ebb and flow of the sisters' voices, which Delphine repeatedly brings up as an important presence in her life. Now I will have to go back and read the other two.
The narrator for the audiobook did a nice job with accents and reading in an even voice [no crazy whispers or loud roaring rollercoaster here]. The story was interesting, and I did enjoy the ebb and flow of the sisters' voices, which Delphine repeatedly brings up as an important presence in her life. Now I will have to go back and read the other two.
this series is so good! each book better than the last, by a crazy order of magnitude. this penultimate book is crammed to the brim: sibling rivalries, growing pains, city/country relations, disaster and grief, violence and racism, the intertwining of local/national/family histories, poetry, jokes, mournful dogs, ambivalent mothers, things falling apart and coming together again. that rita williams-garcia manages to write about all these things with supreme compassion and care while still maintaining complete fidelity to the voice and vision of delphine, the twelve-year-old protagonist of this series, is a feat worth praising to the skies. i know this is supposed to be the last book in the series but gosh darn it i am not ready to say goodbye to these girls!
Aaahhhh my heart! I love the Gaither sisters so much and I wish I knew some kids so I could strongly suggest that they read this series.
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
sad
medium-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Read this one before reading the second one, but it was no problem and still a great read!
Not even rating this, because for some reason I just never got into this - but I think that's on me and not the book, because I loved the first two so much.
I love the relationship between the three sisters, it is just so spot on.
The snarking relationship between the older Trotter sisters was a nice echo, but was a little too extreme to be entirely believable to me. The actual specific things they said and did were fine, but the overall sense of never, ever visiting, or having a decades long semi-feud when they were more or less getting along. But perhaps, as someone else pointed out, they were playing it up for the Gaither sisters, or that Delphine's perspective was skewed.
The setting is strong, the characters are strong, the themes of family, forgiveness, and how to be a part of a large extended family are all excellently handled. I'll expect this to be a part of the Newbery speculation later this year.
The snarking relationship between the older Trotter sisters was a nice echo, but was a little too extreme to be entirely believable to me. The actual specific things they said and did were fine, but the overall sense of never, ever visiting, or having a decades long semi-feud when they were more or less getting along. But perhaps, as someone else pointed out, they were playing it up for the Gaither sisters, or that Delphine's perspective was skewed.
The setting is strong, the characters are strong, the themes of family, forgiveness, and how to be a part of a large extended family are all excellently handled. I'll expect this to be a part of the Newbery speculation later this year.