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A review by jerkyf
Hanna Who Fell from the Sky by Christopher Meades
3.0
2 1/2
Hanna is turning 18, and she is to be married to one of the older men in her polygamous cult. Her abusive father has basically sold her to an old friend of his in exchange for a profitable business deal. The sister wives in her family and in the family to be are preparing her for her new life as a fifth wife to a man three times her age. Her mother, on the other hand, is trying to convince her to run away, because she's special. She wasn't born like everyone else. She literally fell from the sky, so she's meant for better things. She meets a boy in the cult, the rich boy, and breaks all kinds of rules with him.
Here's my problem. She's 18. She's been a part of this world her whole life. She knows no other way of life. Her mother doesn't tell her she's special until the week she's to be married. But she meets this boy secretly and is surprised when she's caught. She goes to town with the boy and is surprised when she's caught. She doesn't even bother to change into her regular clothes before she goes back home. I can't believe someone so sheltered would risk so much. Honestly, I find that less believable than the magic storm/floaty thing. The bigger problem, though, is the idea that she shouldn't be married to an old, controlling and abusive man with multiple wives, but only because she fell from the sky. It'd be fine if not for that, and it's fine for the women and children left in the cult. There's no lesson, no change except for herself and her closest people, and it comes across as a happy ending.
Hanna is turning 18, and she is to be married to one of the older men in her polygamous cult. Her abusive father has basically sold her to an old friend of his in exchange for a profitable business deal. The sister wives in her family and in the family to be are preparing her for her new life as a fifth wife to a man three times her age. Her mother, on the other hand, is trying to convince her to run away, because she's special. She wasn't born like everyone else. She literally fell from the sky, so she's meant for better things. She meets a boy in the cult, the rich boy, and breaks all kinds of rules with him.
Here's my problem. She's 18. She's been a part of this world her whole life. She knows no other way of life. Her mother doesn't tell her she's special until the week she's to be married. But she meets this boy secretly and is surprised when she's caught. She goes to town with the boy and is surprised when she's caught. She doesn't even bother to change into her regular clothes before she goes back home. I can't believe someone so sheltered would risk so much. Honestly, I find that less believable than the magic storm/floaty thing. The bigger problem, though, is the idea that she shouldn't be married to an old, controlling and abusive man with multiple wives, but only because she fell from the sky. It'd be fine if not for that, and it's fine for the women and children left in the cult. There's no lesson, no change except for herself and her closest people, and it comes across as a happy ending.