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A review by miss_moonshine
Nobody's Girl by Sarra Manning
5.0
I went through a Sarra Manning phase when I was younger, and in a recent fit of self-inflicted reminiscing, I borrowed and read Nobody's Girl. Suffice it to say that over the years, her books have lost none of their innate ability to drag me into the story and keep me there until it's good and ready to let me go. I started reading it at gone one in the morning, so confident was I that I would soon be putting it down again, but when I closed the back cover at half past four, I didn't have a single regret.
All of Sarra Manning's books (or at least the ones which I have reade) follow the same basic principle; a young girl undertakes an adventure of some sort and in the midst of all the angst and excitement that causes, she somehow finds herself. Please don't mistake me, however - if this is formulaic, then it is very definitely a formula that works. If you think I have just given away the plot, you are very much mistaken; there are so many nuances, so many ways in which Manning communicates these feelings that every time I read one of her books, it's a new experience, regardless of whether I've read that one multiple times before. We've all been that age, we all remember that time when every small grievance against us was life-changing and our parents were out to get us. So if you're a teenager who would read along and identify, or someone who's been there, done that and are now going to dig the t-shirt out of your wardrobe and indulge in your own reminiscing, I dare you not to be moved by this wonderful story about finding oneself.
All of Sarra Manning's books (or at least the ones which I have reade) follow the same basic principle; a young girl undertakes an adventure of some sort and in the midst of all the angst and excitement that causes, she somehow finds herself. Please don't mistake me, however - if this is formulaic, then it is very definitely a formula that works. If you think I have just given away the plot, you are very much mistaken; there are so many nuances, so many ways in which Manning communicates these feelings that every time I read one of her books, it's a new experience, regardless of whether I've read that one multiple times before. We've all been that age, we all remember that time when every small grievance against us was life-changing and our parents were out to get us. So if you're a teenager who would read along and identify, or someone who's been there, done that and are now going to dig the t-shirt out of your wardrobe and indulge in your own reminiscing, I dare you not to be moved by this wonderful story about finding oneself.