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reading_and_roaming20 's review for:
The Last Carolina Girl
by Meagan Church
DID NOT FINISH: 55%
It seems this book just isn’t for me. At 55% I found myself skimming paragraphs and finally forced myself to call it what it is and DNF it.
Being the perspective of a 14 year old, the writing reads younger than I tend to enjoy. I felt for Leah, whose story is nothing short of tragic, though I somehow never quite connected with her. I had to check Goodreads again to see if I missed the YA label, since that isn’t really my thing, but it is simply listed as Historical Fiction.
I was very interested to see how the story progressed with the state eugenics board. However, by over halfway through the book, it hadn’t been brought up. I believe it was lightly hinted at a couple of times, but it would be easy to miss if you didn’t realize it was part of the story.
I wish I could have enjoyed this more and, from reviews I’ve seen, it seems many have. Perhaps I should have pushed through to the point that the eugenics board came to the forefront, but I figured that if I wasn’t invested over halfway through, I should probably move on.
Being the perspective of a 14 year old, the writing reads younger than I tend to enjoy. I felt for Leah, whose story is nothing short of tragic, though I somehow never quite connected with her. I had to check Goodreads again to see if I missed the YA label, since that isn’t really my thing, but it is simply listed as Historical Fiction.
I was very interested to see how the story progressed with the state eugenics board. However, by over halfway through the book, it hadn’t been brought up. I believe it was lightly hinted at a couple of times, but it would be easy to miss if you didn’t realize it was part of the story.
I wish I could have enjoyed this more and, from reviews I’ve seen, it seems many have. Perhaps I should have pushed through to the point that the eugenics board came to the forefront, but I figured that if I wasn’t invested over halfway through, I should probably move on.