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A review by teenage_reads
Twisted Fate by Norah Olson
1.0
Plot:
Alison "Ally" Tate was the good girl. Straight from the L.L.Bean catalogue, Ally picked blueberries, worked at the town’s inn, baked muffins, and wore matching outfits with her mother, well, when she was around. Her father built boats, those big ones you see on Maine’s harbours, so he was not around much. With her mother trying to get noticed by the historical society ladies, Ally was left alone pretty much all the time. For Ally, she did not care, because she had Sydney. Syd was her younger sister, and where Ally loved her dearly, Syd was not what one would have considered a good girl. With her straight black hair, compared to Ally’s golden head, Syd was your typical tough girl, rebel without a cause. She smoked too much pot, got in trouble for her attitude, skateboarding in the hallways, and skipping class. But why go to class when you already know everything? Crazy smart, Syd slacks off because she can, and with absent parents, there is no reason not to. When their new neighbour moved in with their teenage son Graham, both sisters were interested. Ally saw Graham as the shy kid who was passionate about his art and wanted that boy-next-door kind of relationship. Syd saw him as the dude with the drug problem, popping pills that were ‘prescribed’ to him, who like her, was a rebel without the cause. With Syd’s friend just thinking Graham’s a little dim, Syd starts worrying about Ally, and what those creepy films that Graham call ‘art’, as he is always filming her. Determine to keep her sister safe from the sweet boy-next-door, past mistakes come up, as Syd sees how far Graham is willing to go for his art, and Ally is willing to accept that all for the boy she loves.
Thoughts:
With a title like Twisted Fate, there is going to be some juicy stuff going down. Sadly, Norah Olson missed the memo on how to write one. Olson made this book very easy to read, with a simple language, and a plot that keeps moving, so that in no time you will be at the end of the story and realise what the twisted fate was. Which, minor spoiler, is the very last page, and it was quite obvious, so do not go skipping ahead. But the ending, god the ending. Honestly, the English language needs a stronger word that trash. It was awful, so bad that at first, your brain does not register what you just read. Yet when the pieces start to click, you yell at Olson for what she did. Other than that it was a typical young adult romance novel, with the point of view from nine characters, some just once or twice, with the main two being Ally and Syd, and then a minor point of view was Graham. But the ending, in reality, it is hard to think about this book without thinking about the terrible ending.
Alison "Ally" Tate was the good girl. Straight from the L.L.Bean catalogue, Ally picked blueberries, worked at the town’s inn, baked muffins, and wore matching outfits with her mother, well, when she was around. Her father built boats, those big ones you see on Maine’s harbours, so he was not around much. With her mother trying to get noticed by the historical society ladies, Ally was left alone pretty much all the time. For Ally, she did not care, because she had Sydney. Syd was her younger sister, and where Ally loved her dearly, Syd was not what one would have considered a good girl. With her straight black hair, compared to Ally’s golden head, Syd was your typical tough girl, rebel without a cause. She smoked too much pot, got in trouble for her attitude, skateboarding in the hallways, and skipping class. But why go to class when you already know everything? Crazy smart, Syd slacks off because she can, and with absent parents, there is no reason not to. When their new neighbour moved in with their teenage son Graham, both sisters were interested. Ally saw Graham as the shy kid who was passionate about his art and wanted that boy-next-door kind of relationship. Syd saw him as the dude with the drug problem, popping pills that were ‘prescribed’ to him, who like her, was a rebel without the cause. With Syd’s friend just thinking Graham’s a little dim, Syd starts worrying about Ally, and what those creepy films that Graham call ‘art’, as he is always filming her. Determine to keep her sister safe from the sweet boy-next-door, past mistakes come up, as Syd sees how far Graham is willing to go for his art, and Ally is willing to accept that all for the boy she loves.
Thoughts:
With a title like Twisted Fate, there is going to be some juicy stuff going down. Sadly, Norah Olson missed the memo on how to write one. Olson made this book very easy to read, with a simple language, and a plot that keeps moving, so that in no time you will be at the end of the story and realise what the twisted fate was. Which, minor spoiler, is the very last page, and it was quite obvious, so do not go skipping ahead. But the ending, god the ending. Honestly, the English language needs a stronger word that trash. It was awful, so bad that at first, your brain does not register what you just read. Yet when the pieces start to click, you yell at Olson for what she did. Other than that it was a typical young adult romance novel, with the point of view from nine characters, some just once or twice, with the main two being Ally and Syd, and then a minor point of view was Graham. But the ending, in reality, it is hard to think about this book without thinking about the terrible ending.