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A review by hopej101
On the Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta
5.0
I am without a doubt, utterly and completely wrecked. My heart is flayed open through the simple prose that is Marchetta's writing.
She does what any great writer does, she shows instead of tells. To the very last page, you're learning and discovering things about each character. The characters - mm, oh my god - the characters are so multifaceted that they seem real. I also really enjoyed how she wove two different generations of stories together.
I will have to say that it takes a while to get into the story, probably past the 30% mark, but once you do you won't want to leave. The style is at first confusing and a little jumbled, but the story unfolds beautifully, and your heart just clenches with every page.
Jonah, my sweet Jonah, he has a heart of gold, and is so flawed and scarred by his past. Rafe, at first a character that seems superfluous to the story soon becomes so dear and so critical to Taylor. Chaz Santangelo, at first a simple townie, but reveals himself to be a good person. But, Taylor Lily Markham, a girl who was abandoned by her mother at a 7-11, at the too young age of 11. Taylor was blunt, crass, and still felt too much. She stole the show. Everything was completely unreliable since it was all seen through her eyes, yet I couldn't get enough.
On the Jellicoe Road is a beautiful, heartbreaking story of two generations of kids, in a place where the trees made a canopy, and you can sit on top of them and see forever.
Read this.
She does what any great writer does, she shows instead of tells. To the very last page, you're learning and discovering things about each character. The characters - mm, oh my god - the characters are so multifaceted that they seem real. I also really enjoyed how she wove two different generations of stories together.
I will have to say that it takes a while to get into the story, probably past the 30% mark, but once you do you won't want to leave. The style is at first confusing and a little jumbled, but the story unfolds beautifully, and your heart just clenches with every page.
Jonah, my sweet Jonah, he has a heart of gold, and is so flawed and scarred by his past. Rafe, at first a character that seems superfluous to the story soon becomes so dear and so critical to Taylor. Chaz Santangelo, at first a simple townie, but reveals himself to be a good person. But, Taylor Lily Markham, a girl who was abandoned by her mother at a 7-11, at the too young age of 11. Taylor was blunt, crass, and still felt too much. She stole the show. Everything was completely unreliable since it was all seen through her eyes, yet I couldn't get enough.
On the Jellicoe Road is a beautiful, heartbreaking story of two generations of kids, in a place where the trees made a canopy, and you can sit on top of them and see forever.
Read this.