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A review by geeyouknit
White Oleander by Janet Fitch
5.0
whew this book !! definitely my most dog-eared and underlined read in a minute! I turned the story over in my mind even when I wasn’t reading- I just wanted to get back to it asap.
I have a feeling this will be a re-read…it was an engaging and fascinating look at a young woman growing up with simultaneously too many and not enough mothers over the course of her adolescence; what really captured me was the fact that Astrid, instead of being hardened by her life’s difficulties, is softened in many ways into a deeply caring person- to the point of heartbreaking empathy.
beyond that, the prose is beautifully written; everything is described in a rich and specific way that really made me feel immersed.
DEF knew by a couple chapters in that this would be 5/5!!
I have a feeling this will be a re-read…it was an engaging and fascinating look at a young woman growing up with simultaneously too many and not enough mothers over the course of her adolescence; what really captured me was the fact that Astrid, instead of being hardened by her life’s difficulties, is softened in many ways into a deeply caring person- to the point of heartbreaking empathy.
beyond that, the prose is beautifully written; everything is described in a rich and specific way that really made me feel immersed.
DEF knew by a couple chapters in that this would be 5/5!!