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A review by chrissymcbooknerd
Everything I Was by Corinne Demas
3.0
(I read EVERYTHING I WAS via NetGalley)
EVERYTHING I WAS is the story of Irene, a young teenage girl accustomed to a lavish Upper West Side penthouse kind of life who is suddenly relocated to a small town farm to live with her grandfather after her father loses his job. In her new home, Irene meets a sweet family (with lots of kids) and falls in love with a new lifestyle revolving around togetherness and friendship rather than material items.
The narrator's voice feels very young and very innocent... much like that in books I read when I was younger, like The Baby Sitters Club or Sweet Valley Twins, for example. This is one of those stories where everything (pretty much) works out and nothing (terribly) tragic seems to happen. I'd recommend this for younger teen readers around the 13-15 age, I think... it'd be a nice, refreshing change for them.
I'm really not sure how the cover relates to this story, though. The girl on the cover looks much older than the main character and it seems to imply a situation much more emotionally ominous than anything she encounters. I think this would be best with a sweet, wholesome farm-girl type cover, like perhaps a modern day "Little House on the Prairie" appeal.
EVERYTHING I WAS is the story of Irene, a young teenage girl accustomed to a lavish Upper West Side penthouse kind of life who is suddenly relocated to a small town farm to live with her grandfather after her father loses his job. In her new home, Irene meets a sweet family (with lots of kids) and falls in love with a new lifestyle revolving around togetherness and friendship rather than material items.
The narrator's voice feels very young and very innocent... much like that in books I read when I was younger, like The Baby Sitters Club or Sweet Valley Twins, for example. This is one of those stories where everything (pretty much) works out and nothing (terribly) tragic seems to happen. I'd recommend this for younger teen readers around the 13-15 age, I think... it'd be a nice, refreshing change for them.
I'm really not sure how the cover relates to this story, though. The girl on the cover looks much older than the main character and it seems to imply a situation much more emotionally ominous than anything she encounters. I think this would be best with a sweet, wholesome farm-girl type cover, like perhaps a modern day "Little House on the Prairie" appeal.