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Belzhar
by Meg Wolitzer
Two stars on Goodreads means that the book was okay. And it was. It was really intense.
The plot was great. I loved the boarding school setting, the Special Topics English Class, Silvia Plath as a main theme, the journals. Those things were great.
The characters though. Especially the main character was so annoying. I just wanted to punch Jam in the face sometimes because she was so irrational. I couldn't see why she didn't get over this boy that she didn't even know for that long and I simply couldn't relate to her.
All of them had some kind of mental issue and as these issues were revealed as the story continued most of the things were not as horrific as I thought they would be.
I did like the general idea of it and I loved Mrs. Q's teaching methods and how she tried to confront them with their own problems.
But overall I think that the book could have been better if the characters were more thought out.
The plot was great. I loved the boarding school setting, the Special Topics English Class, Silvia Plath as a main theme, the journals. Those things were great.
The characters though. Especially the main character was so annoying. I just wanted to punch Jam in the face sometimes because she was so irrational. I couldn't see why she didn't get over this boy that she didn't even know for that long and I simply couldn't relate to her.
All of them had some kind of mental issue and as these issues were revealed as the story continued most of the things were not as horrific as I thought they would be.
I did like the general idea of it and I loved Mrs. Q's teaching methods and how she tried to confront them with their own problems.
But overall I think that the book could have been better if the characters were more thought out.