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A review by the_horror_maven
Nora & Kettle by Lauren Nicolle Taylor
4.0
Nora & Kettle is by far the most original novel that I have read in 2016. Even though it has been publicized as a new take on Peter Pan, it was so much more than that and its story line is one that is important and rarely seen in literature. Nora & Kettle is unapologetic and explores child abuse as well as the Japanese internment camps that are so often forgotten in our history. Lauren Nicolle Taylor doesn't sugarcoat anything, and her novel is of vital importance in young adult literature today.
In his eyes are the reflections of the beating I didn't know how to stop, and even though my heart remembers, the rest of me would like to forget.
Nora & Kettle is written in chapters alternating between the title characters as they struggle to survive and eventually cross each others' paths. Nora suffers physical abuse at the hand of her father, while Kettle is a young Japanese orphan who was cast out of an orphanage due to his heritage during World War II. Their story reflects how their lives have always run right along each other, until tragedy captures both of them and they crash into one another by an act of fate.
My father watches me, his eyes crinkling in disgust with every movement. I have his ears, nose, and hair...and he can't stand it. I wish I could scrub out my face and start again. Not because it would protect me, but because it would mean I wouldn't see him in my reflection.
Taylor is a truly poetic author. She doesn't over explain sections of her plot or characters, but she adds in beautiful lines of literature that can sum up an entire scene in one sentence. I found myself awestruck at Taylor's words, and her artistry filled my veins with a warmth that I find hard to find in today's young adult literature. Her novel is one that I believe everyone needs to read - girls, boys, men, women - whoever you are, your life will be better after reading this novel.
His eyes are intense. Dark. They look like they've seen things I don't want to know about.
As I said in the beginning, this novel is so much more than just a re imagining of Peter Pan, and it is sure to make you see beyond the smokescreen that has prevented us from our painful past for years and years.
In his eyes are the reflections of the beating I didn't know how to stop, and even though my heart remembers, the rest of me would like to forget.
Nora & Kettle is written in chapters alternating between the title characters as they struggle to survive and eventually cross each others' paths. Nora suffers physical abuse at the hand of her father, while Kettle is a young Japanese orphan who was cast out of an orphanage due to his heritage during World War II. Their story reflects how their lives have always run right along each other, until tragedy captures both of them and they crash into one another by an act of fate.
My father watches me, his eyes crinkling in disgust with every movement. I have his ears, nose, and hair...and he can't stand it. I wish I could scrub out my face and start again. Not because it would protect me, but because it would mean I wouldn't see him in my reflection.
Taylor is a truly poetic author. She doesn't over explain sections of her plot or characters, but she adds in beautiful lines of literature that can sum up an entire scene in one sentence. I found myself awestruck at Taylor's words, and her artistry filled my veins with a warmth that I find hard to find in today's young adult literature. Her novel is one that I believe everyone needs to read - girls, boys, men, women - whoever you are, your life will be better after reading this novel.
His eyes are intense. Dark. They look like they've seen things I don't want to know about.
As I said in the beginning, this novel is so much more than just a re imagining of Peter Pan, and it is sure to make you see beyond the smokescreen that has prevented us from our painful past for years and years.