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toryhallelujah 's review for:
The War I Finally Won
by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
This was a two-star book for me the majority of the way through, but it earned an extra star since it ended with some much-needed character growth.
Rants I wrote while it was still driving me crazy:
-I texted my mom to ask if Ada had been such a sad sack in the first book, too. Her response was "yup, she sure was."
-Ruth is a petulant, bitchy, unsympathetic teenager with less common sense than you'd expect from someone her age. People don't know about Judaism? Better be an utter bitch to them, instead of explaining what they don't know.
-I was complaining to my husband about it and stumbled upon what bothered me so much about Ada's sad-sack disposition: sure, life had been pretty horrible to her for a long time. But her life had turned around, drastically, for quite a while -- and she STILL couldn't get over her initial horrible distrust of everyone and everything. I understand it takes time to change your entire outlook on life, but when the character continually does NOT show ANY growth, it really becomes grating. "Something happened? Well, obviously it's going to be the worst possible outcome. The end. WHAT THINGS ARE TURNING OUT OKAY?? DO NOT UNDERSTAND, MUST GET ANGRY ANYWAY BECAUSE PEOPLE DIDN'T EXPLICITLY SPELL EVERYTHING OUT FOR ME."
Rants I wrote while it was still driving me crazy:
-I texted my mom to ask if Ada had been such a sad sack in the first book, too. Her response was "yup, she sure was."
-Ruth is a petulant, bitchy, unsympathetic teenager with less common sense than you'd expect from someone her age. People don't know about Judaism? Better be an utter bitch to them, instead of explaining what they don't know.
-I was complaining to my husband about it and stumbled upon what bothered me so much about Ada's sad-sack disposition: sure, life had been pretty horrible to her for a long time. But her life had turned around, drastically, for quite a while -- and she STILL couldn't get over her initial horrible distrust of everyone and everything. I understand it takes time to change your entire outlook on life, but when the character continually does NOT show ANY growth, it really becomes grating. "Something happened? Well, obviously it's going to be the worst possible outcome. The end. WHAT THINGS ARE TURNING OUT OKAY?? DO NOT UNDERSTAND, MUST GET ANGRY ANYWAY BECAUSE PEOPLE DIDN'T EXPLICITLY SPELL EVERYTHING OUT FOR ME."