lynncornelissen 's review for:

Snowflake by Louise Nealon

3.25

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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This book was a meandering yet interesting look into the coming of age story not only of a young girl, but a family, in semi-remote Ireland. The author sketches an interesting arc with several motifs throughout. I particularly liked Billy and the exploration of mother-daughter relationships in this book. What was less great was the use of tragedy (to a certain extent) as a plot device and some storylines or characters felt unnecessary or underdeveloped (Griff & James). All in all it is pretty good for a debut novel and I’m curious to see what Nealon does with some more practice.