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A review by kyliebliss
The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline B. Cooney
4.0
This was a thoroughly enjoyable book. I read it with some friends as a book club book and would definitely read it again.
The number one thing I was impressed by was how the author did such an amazing job showing how Janie was living life but not really experiencing it, as if she was in a daze the whole time. You hear about this romance, and you want to experience it because the boy is just SO amazing, but Jamie's not really there to experience it herself. Beautifully written in that regard.
It had some things that bugged me, such as the way Janie reacted to things and how long it took her to talk about stuff, but that was meant to be frustrating because she was frustrated with herself over it all as well. Someone who would have reacted differently may want to scream at this book at times, but I found it wonderful how the author showed just how stuck in her situation Janie was.
There was one little thing that irked me, however. There was this whole thing about her mom and diets and stuff, and Janie got praised whenever she made the "healthy" decision to avoid certain foods. Her mom seemed a little obsessed over the way she ate, and Janie make a comment in her mind about someone who needed to go on a weight loss plan. It really bothered me because it served no purpose other than to normalize an unhealthy way of talking about and thinking about food and people's bodies. While it took up only a very small portion of the book, the fact that it was there and so normalized what what I found problematic.
The number one thing I was impressed by was how the author did such an amazing job showing how Janie was living life but not really experiencing it, as if she was in a daze the whole time. You hear about this romance, and you want to experience it because the boy is just SO amazing, but Jamie's not really there to experience it herself. Beautifully written in that regard.
It had some things that bugged me, such as the way Janie reacted to things and how long it took her to talk about stuff, but that was meant to be frustrating because she was frustrated with herself over it all as well. Someone who would have reacted differently may want to scream at this book at times, but I found it wonderful how the author showed just how stuck in her situation Janie was.
There was one little thing that irked me, however. There was this whole thing about her mom and diets and stuff, and Janie got praised whenever she made the "healthy" decision to avoid certain foods. Her mom seemed a little obsessed over the way she ate, and Janie make a comment in her mind about someone who needed to go on a weight loss plan. It really bothered me because it served no purpose other than to normalize an unhealthy way of talking about and thinking about food and people's bodies. While it took up only a very small portion of the book, the fact that it was there and so normalized what what I found problematic.