A review by safsaf118
Junie by Chelene Knight

emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

Okay, I'm not sure how I felt about this one. I'm still on the fence, but I always enjoy a good coming-of-age story. This was set in Vancouver in the 1930s, so a part of history that I'm not really familiar with but always love a Canadian moment. There were aspects of this that I liked - the complicated relationship between Junie and her mom, and the class commentary seen within her classroom and with her friends, for example. But I feel like it ultimately fell flat for me, and I vividly remember at some point just wanting to put the book down and not finish it.