A review by clarkminimized
On the Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta

3.0

Maybe it isn't fair to judge this book considering I read the first half late at night. I must have missed something big. Because the book reveals itself slowly, the first have was jumbled and confusing and I really had no idea what was going on and didn't really care but knew this book was supposed to be good and there was something about the language and method of telling the story that kept me going. The experience was exactly like reading Proust, honestly.

This book's mystery and dreamlike quality reminded me of Beautiful Creatures, and the war-like setting kept reminding me of How I Live Now. But unlike those books, I just didn't feel connected to the characters or understand them.

Hard for me to imagine which child I would reccomend this book to. Maybe I need to revisit it when I am wider awake.