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A review by amythebookbat
My Sister Sif by Ruth Park
3.0
Interesting story about a young girl named Riko/Erika and her older sister Sif/Sarah. Their family is from a mostly unknown island called Rongo. After the death of their father, they moved to live with their older sister Joanne in Sydney, Australia. Sif becomes so homesick that Riko finds a way to help her go back to Rongo and then later follows herself.
While on Rongo, they meet a man named Henry Jacka, a scientist. They have a family secret that Henry figures out. He tries to help their family, but due to ecological problems, they leave the island. Sif and Erika are left behind. At this point, the story becomes extremely heavy-handed with the ecology message, which is very important, but feels like it is being pounded into the reader. The last chapter feels rushed as it wraps everything up.
I will say that the island as described when we first arrive there with Riko & Sif sounds absolutely amazing and like a place I would like to visit. By the end of the book, not so much.
While on Rongo, they meet a man named Henry Jacka, a scientist. They have a family secret that Henry figures out. He tries to help their family, but due to ecological problems, they leave the island. Sif and Erika are left behind. At this point, the story becomes extremely heavy-handed with the ecology message, which is very important, but feels like it is being pounded into the reader. The last chapter feels rushed as it wraps everything up.
I will say that the island as described when we first arrive there with Riko & Sif sounds absolutely amazing and like a place I would like to visit. By the end of the book, not so much.