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A review by zanecarey
Hanna Who Fell from the Sky by Christopher Meades
2.0
This book started off fresh and interesting, but the best way to summarize my experience is that it wore me down.
Hanna is a girl living in religious compound, where at the age of 18 Brother Paul arraigns all the women to be married. As Hanna approaches 18 she begins to realize the duties and future that await her as the fifth wife of a man called Edwin. A strong caring sister, she tries to hold her house together under threat of her father Jotham and disjointed rule of sister-moms. After an encounter with a boy named Daniel, she begins to question her life, her birth, and everything else.
As the book went on, I just felt like every situation was just a little forced. Plot twists felt more like plot holes than anything. I think I expected some real story of survival and escape and this book dressed up Hanna's struggle just a little too much for me. I had trouble getting into her mind and adventures, and her entire 'romance' just rubbed me wrong. But would I recommend reading it? Yes, it's an appealing story and a quick read. I appreciated Hanna's voice, one foot in adulthood and one foot in childhood. This book was overall, frustrating and enjoyable.
Hanna is a girl living in religious compound, where at the age of 18 Brother Paul arraigns all the women to be married. As Hanna approaches 18 she begins to realize the duties and future that await her as the fifth wife of a man called Edwin. A strong caring sister, she tries to hold her house together under threat of her father Jotham and disjointed rule of sister-moms. After an encounter with a boy named Daniel, she begins to question her life, her birth, and everything else.
As the book went on, I just felt like every situation was just a little forced. Plot twists felt more like plot holes than anything. I think I expected some real story of survival and escape and this book dressed up Hanna's struggle just a little too much for me. I had trouble getting into her mind and adventures, and her entire 'romance' just rubbed me wrong. But would I recommend reading it? Yes, it's an appealing story and a quick read. I appreciated Hanna's voice, one foot in adulthood and one foot in childhood. This book was overall, frustrating and enjoyable.