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A review by imbookingit
Admission by Jean Hanff Korelitz
3.0
My biggest problem with this novel is that I wished it was a different book.
The parts involving the admission process were quite interesting, but weren't enough to carry the book.
Portia is the only character that was fleshed out, but I never was really drawn into her drama. All of the other characters were flat, existing only for the purpose of defining Portia's story.
Her story should have been more compelling than it was to me. It's hard to say more without spilling the beans on where the story goes. I'll just say that she has had an eventful life, and it is all coming together in this book.
However, I really wanted to know more about the teens applying to college. Jeremiah and Simone, from a new, highly non-traditional school, a couple of the kids we were introduced to from the typical prep school, and just enough of Portia to weave them together.
That's the book I kept wishing I was reading.
The parts involving the admission process were quite interesting, but weren't enough to carry the book.
Portia is the only character that was fleshed out, but I never was really drawn into her drama. All of the other characters were flat, existing only for the purpose of defining Portia's story.
Her story should have been more compelling than it was to me. It's hard to say more without spilling the beans on where the story goes. I'll just say that she has had an eventful life, and it is all coming together in this book.
However, I really wanted to know more about the teens applying to college. Jeremiah and Simone, from a new, highly non-traditional school, a couple of the kids we were introduced to from the typical prep school, and just enough of Portia to weave them together.
That's the book I kept wishing I was reading.