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A review by timburbage
The Tulip Touch by Anne Fine
3.0
This was a short book, with an expected plot, but asks some important questions.
Natalie becomes friends with this girl Tulip. She is mean and lies, but Natalie gets sucked into the vortex of her personality. The front cover is a big spoiler (which is annoying) and we see Tulip's games escalate. If this was written now someone would die, but this is a bit tamer but actually more creepy.
I thought this was pretty boring until the final act. Not because of the climax in the story, but the argument Natalie has with her parents. There is another argument about inherent evil in people, but that seems a bit more on the nose.
A pretty average book from my end, but that extra level really intrigued me and brought it up ti 3 stars.
Natalie becomes friends with this girl Tulip. She is mean and lies, but Natalie gets sucked into the vortex of her personality. The front cover is a big spoiler (which is annoying) and we see Tulip's games escalate. If this was written now someone would die, but this is a bit tamer but actually more creepy.
I thought this was pretty boring until the final act. Not because of the climax in the story, but the argument Natalie has with her parents.
Spoiler
She asks why it is her job to rescue Tulip from her terrible household. All of the adults knew the situation, and actually had power to do something about it. Her dad says "we called social services" but that doesn't mean anything. Why do they turn to Natalie to save her, when the parents could have.A pretty average book from my end, but that extra level really intrigued me and brought it up ti 3 stars.