A review by iloveladybugs08
White Oleander by Janet Fitch

4.0

This book was so interesting and unique. It was chosen for our book club and I’m so happy I finished it. Astrid is so lost in the world. This book is about her trying to find herself through all of her foster homes. This book was a very different reading style than I am used to reading. I enjoyed the layout of the novel. However, I had a difficult time getting into the story. It was hard in the beginning because the story felt like it was her mother’s. As if Astrid had no voice of her own. She was her mother’s shadow. As her mother goes to prison, she starts learning how to have her own voice. She starts figuring herself out through all of these different foster moms. All of them teaching her something different. How to love, how to trust, how to survive. Of course her mother is always influencing her choices and decisions. I loved how artistic the novel was. I enjoyed the poetry throughout as well. I would rate it a 8/10.