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A review by elllie
Hold Fast by Blue Balliett
3.0
Plus six stars for the sensitive and (from my perspective) realistic portrayal of the shelter system.
Minus one star for the dad wanting a library science degree. I'm just not a fan of pandering to librarians.
Minus one star for the overuse of loving words. I see this theme show up in kids books ALL THE TIME and while I'm sure there are some kids who love words, the proportion of KIDS WHO LOVE WORDS in books and the proportion of KIDS WHO LOVE WORDS in real life are not even close.
Minus one star for the fairly far-fetchedness of the mystery.
There was a lot going on in this book and while I LOVED Blue's portrayal of how one might find themselves in need of shelter services (seriously, this should have been the whole story), and her language was lyrical and beautiful, those things bugged me enough (I put this book down for a month once the LIS thing showed up - blech) that I had to knock it down a bit.
Minus one star for the dad wanting a library science degree. I'm just not a fan of pandering to librarians.
Minus one star for the overuse of loving words. I see this theme show up in kids books ALL THE TIME and while I'm sure there are some kids who love words, the proportion of KIDS WHO LOVE WORDS in books and the proportion of KIDS WHO LOVE WORDS in real life are not even close.
Minus one star for the fairly far-fetchedness of the mystery.
There was a lot going on in this book and while I LOVED Blue's portrayal of how one might find themselves in need of shelter services (seriously, this should have been the whole story), and her language was lyrical and beautiful, those things bugged me enough (I put this book down for a month once the LIS thing showed up - blech) that I had to knock it down a bit.