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A review by amysaura
Sprout by Dale Peck
3.0
I feel like I read two different books at once, or that the author decided to change everything about his plot and characters midway through. The first part was funny and very engaging, but at around the midway point, when the character Ty appeared, the plot started to deteriorate into this messy romance, where both Sprout and Ty acted in ways that just did not make sense. Especially Ty's character was all over the place, and I never got a sense of what type of person he was, or what motivated him. Sprout (Daniel) was more clearly drawn out, at least in the first part of the book, but he also started losing some of what made him engaging at the start.
Some characters that were introduced in the start of the book, like Ruthie and Ian, I did not see the point of. I liked Mrs. Miller and Sprout's dad, but there were some plot threats there that were never addressed again.
This does not mean that I did not like the book, because I actually did. It just had more potential and I feel kind of sad that the author didn't do more with that potential. Sprout was a great character, someone who I've never seen in YA before, but changed, as I said, midway through and turned into a love-sick teenage boy like any other, which is a shame.
Some characters that were introduced in the start of the book, like Ruthie and Ian, I did not see the point of. I liked Mrs. Miller and Sprout's dad, but there were some plot threats there that were never addressed again.
This does not mean that I did not like the book, because I actually did. It just had more potential and I feel kind of sad that the author didn't do more with that potential. Sprout was a great character, someone who I've never seen in YA before, but changed, as I said, midway through and turned into a love-sick teenage boy like any other, which is a shame.