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meredithmc 's review for:
Belzhar
by Meg Wolitzer
Being a huge Sylvia Plath fan, I had been looking forward to this book for a while.
Even though I didn't really like Jam, the story was compelling and kept me reading. I did begin to sense something was off regarding the traumatic event between Jam & Reeve - I actually began to wonder if she accidentally killed him or something. Once the secret was revealed, everything made a lot more sense (foreshadowing!) but it made me dislike Jam even more than before. The other characters faced so much more tragedy (not to get all "who has it worse?") and I am still not sure how ill Jam truly was, especially compared to someone like Sierra. I definitely see the comparisons to We Were Liars, considering that left me with a similar feeling at the end of the book.
Also, still kind of confused about the journals. I felt like it was left unexplained for the most part; I didn't need it wrapped up nicely but still, was it all mental or was there magic?
The cover's still pretty neat.
Even though I didn't really like Jam, the story was compelling and kept me reading. I did begin to sense something was off regarding the traumatic event between Jam & Reeve - I actually began to wonder if she accidentally killed him or something. Once the secret was revealed, everything made a lot more sense (foreshadowing!) but it made me dislike Jam even more than before. The other characters faced so much more tragedy (not to get all "who has it worse?") and I am still not sure how ill Jam truly was, especially compared to someone like Sierra. I definitely see the comparisons to We Were Liars, considering that left me with a similar feeling at the end of the book.
Also, still kind of confused about the journals. I felt like it was left unexplained for the most part; I didn't need it wrapped up nicely but still, was it all mental or was there magic?
The cover's still pretty neat.