neufangledmark 's review for:

Margot by Jillian Cantor

2.0

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An interesting alternate-history premise (the life of Anne Frank's older sister, Margot, had she survived and escaped to the United States) which falls short due to amateurish, repetitive writing and a weak, slow, dull storyline that really doesn't maintain interest or go anywhere. Okay, we get it - 'Margie' wears a sweater constantly to cover her concentration camp tattoo. Enough with the constant references to Joshua's 'gray-green eyes', Anne's 'almond eyes', and even more laughable, Ron's 'hussy' (a very dated word that sounds silly with one utterance, let alone several throughout the book). These repetitions got immensely annoying when read over and over and over... It's a picky point, sure, but seriously now. Did this author not have an editor? Overall, I thought this book would be more intriguing than it ended up being. Margot's true story, sad though it is, is best left where it is than with this trifling story.