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A review by thelibraryofethos
My dwie, my trzy, my cztery by Sarah Crossan
5.0
Read for Concorde Book Awards 2016.
Front Cover Thoughts: Actually, from the title of the book being Apple and Rain which are obviously names, I was expecting a cute teen romance about 2 broken hearts coming together.
Last Page Thoughts: I loved that, I loved that!
Characters: APPLE: Apple was amazingly relatable, so so sweet and immediately likeable. I loved the way that Apple wasn't one of those perfect girls, she didn't have the perfect figure and she didn't always know what was best, she didn't always make the right decisions, like us all. RAIN: Rain was a loveable little character, full of her own personality whether other people liked it or not. ANNIE: She wound me up so much, she was so awful - all she thought about were her own dreams, rather than her children who needed her. NANA: A wise, loving grandmother who wasn't the best person to talk to for emotional help. She was strong and blunt, full of proverbs like my great-granny. DEL: He was so brilliant, some of his jokes were awful, but on the whole he was hilarious. Probably running alongside Apple as my favourite character. CHRIS: Doesn't seem to fully understand that he has a daughter. MR GAYDON: Reminds me of my maths teacher - makes whatever he's talking about sound interesting and life-changing.
I loved this book. It had so many life lessons in it, and everyone in the story had a story of their own. A real variety of characters, Apple and Del being my favourites. I really felt for Apple all the way through, really rooted for her. All she wanted was to make everyone happy, that's how it felt.
One of the major life lessons of this book was: Be careful what you wish for. This book illustrated it in a wonderful way, making it real and modern, not just an old proverb.
Another thing I loved about this book was the use of poetry. This probably sounds ignorant, but I've never really thought much of poetry. It seems to make no sense, it hardly ever rhymes and I cannot work out how many words are supposed to go on each line. But this book made poetry something magical, a door to another world. I'm not saying this book has miraculously made me start wanting to write poetry, but it has made me look at poetry in a different way. I love books that can do this - another example is Graffiti Moon, which has made me look at art and graffiti in a completely different way since. I love books that make you see things differently, have an almost audible effect on you, if that makes sense.
So this was a brilliant book. Some of the things happening were like some of the things my auntie has done, some of the things Apple did, I've already seen demonstrated in my cousins. This book is very realistic.
I loved it.
Front Cover Thoughts: Actually, from the title of the book being Apple and Rain which are obviously names, I was expecting a cute teen romance about 2 broken hearts coming together.
Last Page Thoughts: I loved that, I loved that!
Characters: APPLE: Apple was amazingly relatable, so so sweet and immediately likeable. I loved the way that Apple wasn't one of those perfect girls, she didn't have the perfect figure and she didn't always know what was best, she didn't always make the right decisions, like us all. RAIN: Rain was a loveable little character, full of her own personality whether other people liked it or not. ANNIE: She wound me up so much, she was so awful - all she thought about were her own dreams, rather than her children who needed her. NANA: A wise, loving grandmother who wasn't the best person to talk to for emotional help. She was strong and blunt, full of proverbs like my great-granny. DEL: He was so brilliant, some of his jokes were awful, but on the whole he was hilarious. Probably running alongside Apple as my favourite character. CHRIS: Doesn't seem to fully understand that he has a daughter. MR GAYDON: Reminds me of my maths teacher - makes whatever he's talking about sound interesting and life-changing.
I loved this book. It had so many life lessons in it, and everyone in the story had a story of their own. A real variety of characters, Apple and Del being my favourites. I really felt for Apple all the way through, really rooted for her. All she wanted was to make everyone happy, that's how it felt.
One of the major life lessons of this book was: Be careful what you wish for. This book illustrated it in a wonderful way, making it real and modern, not just an old proverb.
Another thing I loved about this book was the use of poetry. This probably sounds ignorant, but I've never really thought much of poetry. It seems to make no sense, it hardly ever rhymes and I cannot work out how many words are supposed to go on each line. But this book made poetry something magical, a door to another world. I'm not saying this book has miraculously made me start wanting to write poetry, but it has made me look at poetry in a different way. I love books that can do this - another example is Graffiti Moon, which has made me look at art and graffiti in a completely different way since. I love books that make you see things differently, have an almost audible effect on you, if that makes sense.
So this was a brilliant book. Some of the things happening were like some of the things my auntie has done, some of the things Apple did, I've already seen demonstrated in my cousins. This book is very realistic.
I loved it.