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A review by trisha_thomas
Gingerbread by Rachel Cohn
3.0
I'm so glad I didn't get sucked in by the other reviews and I gave this book a chance.
I actually really liked it. It's quirky and a little odd and - Jeez, Cyd Charisse has got some funky things she says - but for the most part, it's a coming of age. Cyd is a spoiled brat. And she has no idea how good she has it!
So, when she is sent away from her comfy, loving, over-protective house to her real-father Frank's house...it's an experience she won't soon forget.
and, I think Cyd's reaction to what she endured - silently - and how no one knew. I think that she took it out on everyone around her (that were not to blame), I think that was a very real, very accurate picture of how something like this can play out. And I respect Rachel Cohn for her honesty in it (even if it's not a pretty truth).
I actually really liked it. It's quirky and a little odd and - Jeez, Cyd Charisse has got some funky things she says - but for the most part, it's a coming of age. Cyd is a spoiled brat. And she has no idea how good she has it!
So, when she is sent away from her comfy, loving, over-protective house to her real-father Frank's house...it's an experience she won't soon forget.
and, I think Cyd's reaction to what she endured - silently - and how no one knew. I think that she took it out on everyone around her (that were not to blame), I think that was a very real, very accurate picture of how something like this can play out. And I respect Rachel Cohn for her honesty in it (even if it's not a pretty truth).