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The Face on the Milk Carton
by Caroline B. Cooney
So, I was debating whether my review would contain spoilers or not, but the same thing happens over and over in the book for about 85% of it and I don't refer to the other 15%, so I'm going to say no on this one.
This is a book I probably would have liked if I was in middle school, MAYBE high school. As an adult? It was extremely annoying. The entire book is narrated by the main character who only focuses on herself and whether her "Mommy and Daddy" kidnapped her or not. The girl is 15 going onto 16, so she's definitely going to be struggling with her identity and teenagers are usually more self-absorbed than anything else, so I get that. It's just really tiresome to read as an adult because I want her to see what she's doing to the people around her.
Ok, this is kind of a spoiler. I'll protect you in case you were REALLY not wanting a spoiler...
ANOTHER thing that was bothering me a lot, especially at the end, was that I was completely rooting AGAINST the main character. There's a couple of scenes where she's hanging out with Reese, completely self-absorbed in her problems without coming to any conclusion whatsoever, and Reese is basically tired of it (just like I was). He basically tells her to either deal with it or let it drop for good or he's just not going to be around her anymore. The main character has the audacity (as most teenagers do, I'll admit) to think he's in the wrong, get completely pissed at him, and kinda (but not really) break up with him. Then gets hyper-focused on him once it's too late. Once again, maybe I would've enjoyed this book when I was younger, but I'm 26 years old now and it's just tiring and infuriating to have to force myself to read. This was probably exaggerated due to the fact that I just finished reading [b:Great Expectations|17375358|Great Expectations|Charles Dickens|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1369009293s/17375358.jpg|2612809]...
Another BIG problem that I have with the book is that she keeps going back and forth on wanting to know more about her "real" family and not having anything to do with them. I mean, she will change her mind within the span of 2 pages and it happens over, and over, and over, and over. And over.
Then, the book ends on a cliffhanger. The reasons that I kept reading the book were 1. I need the 100+ page credit for one of my challenges and 2. I did actually wonder when the "real" family would actually find out about her, because it was bound to happen. If it wasn't for this second point, I'd give it 2 stars. I've got to give the author credit that she did keep me turning the page so I would find out, but only to be given a cheap out by leaving it with absolutely no answers at all.
Overall, if you're a middle-school or high-school girl, you may like this. If you're an adult, just stay away from it. It's just going to piss you off. Ok, I've convinced myself that this is down to a 2 star instead of 3. There was WAY too much ranting in this review for it to be 3 stars. 3 stars if I was younger (maybe), but I'm not. So, 2.
This is a book I probably would have liked if I was in middle school, MAYBE high school. As an adult? It was extremely annoying. The entire book is narrated by the main character who only focuses on herself and whether her "Mommy and Daddy" kidnapped her or not. The girl is 15 going onto 16, so she's definitely going to be struggling with her identity and teenagers are usually more self-absorbed than anything else, so I get that. It's just really tiresome to read as an adult because I want her to see what she's doing to the people around her.
Ok, this is kind of a spoiler. I'll protect you in case you were REALLY not wanting a spoiler...
Another BIG problem that I have with the book is that she keeps going back and forth on wanting to know more about her "real" family and not having anything to do with them. I mean, she will change her mind within the span of 2 pages and it happens over, and over, and over, and over. And over.
Then, the book ends on a cliffhanger. The reasons that I kept reading the book were 1. I need the 100+ page credit for one of my challenges and 2. I did actually wonder when the "real" family would actually find out about her, because it was bound to happen. If it wasn't for this second point, I'd give it 2 stars. I've got to give the author credit that she did keep me turning the page so I would find out, but only to be given a cheap out by leaving it with absolutely no answers at all.
Overall, if you're a middle-school or high-school girl, you may like this. If you're an adult, just stay away from it. It's just going to piss you off. Ok, I've convinced myself that this is down to a 2 star instead of 3. There was WAY too much ranting in this review for it to be 3 stars. 3 stars if I was younger (maybe), but I'm not. So, 2.