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I had this on my shelf forever and didn't read it until I was waaaay older than the target audience. VERY fast-paced and definitely a refreshing break from long, slower adult books. And there was no annoying romantic subplot to ignore even though the main character was 13! Yay!
People are saying that the speed at which she abandoned her prissy high-class upbringing was too fast, but I disagree. It's written somewhat like a montage. The actual process would have taken more time. Also, there was a shocking revelation that forced her into it. She'd already started the process of character growth, but she still clung to that one shred of "respectability", and it backfired so badly that she was forced to suddenly abandon it. Culture shock? Definitely. General shock from witnessing violence for the first time? Of course. But unrealistic? Nah. (Plus it's a kids book and quick character growth is normal for the genre).
The think I found most unbelievable about this book was the end where her family members (who hadn't seen her in months) just... didn't care? They weren't proud of her, they weren't happy to see her, they weren't even embarrassed by her lower-class transformation in any kind of believable way. Her brief return to "normal life" could have been presented as obviously boring, constraining, and confining without a completely unrealistic family. Seriously, she's 13. If NONE of her immediate family members liked her or cared about her existence or accomplishments, you think she would have realized that by now, regardless of how naive she was to begin with.
People are saying that the speed at which she abandoned her prissy high-class upbringing was too fast, but I disagree. It's written somewhat like a montage. The actual process would have taken more time. Also, there was a shocking revelation that forced her into it. She'd already started the process of character growth, but she still clung to that one shred of "respectability", and it backfired so badly that she was forced to suddenly abandon it. Culture shock? Definitely. General shock from witnessing violence for the first time? Of course. But unrealistic? Nah. (Plus it's a kids book and quick character growth is normal for the genre).
The think I found most unbelievable about this book was the end where her family members (who hadn't seen her in months) just... didn't care? They weren't proud of her, they weren't happy to see her, they weren't even embarrassed by her lower-class transformation in any kind of believable way. Her brief return to "normal life" could have been presented as obviously boring, constraining, and confining without a completely unrealistic family. Seriously, she's 13. If NONE of her immediate family members liked her or cared about her existence or accomplishments, you think she would have realized that by now, regardless of how naive she was to begin with.