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A review by alexrambles
A Girl Named Digit by Annabel Monaghan
3.0
“I got home from the FBi that day, put on my pajamas got a pint of Chunky Monkey, and watched 'The Notebook'. Five times. Everyone left me alone. I suspect they were a little afraid of me."
“But at this moment I'm feeling the effect of being thrown from a moving car, held at gunpoint, and tossed through a plate-glass window. You, incredibly attractive or not, might be the only thing that stands between my waking up in the morning and my being chopped up in my sleep. I am staying here, and so are you. And these fine silk pajamas are staying on. Now get in bed.”
I like Digit. She's smart, but smart enough to know that if she rides the middle of the road-not having strong opinions and agreeing with everything-she'll be more accepted than if she is her normal brainy self. Digit's family is surprisingly normal for one that's birthed a genius. Her dad's a bit odd but in a good, professorly sort of way. Her mom's an actress, and a good one at that. She lives in LA, but the last thing she ever wanted to do was break a terror cell's code. Normal, quiet girls don't do that after all.
From the moment she is 'kidnapped' by the FBI, Digit slowly finds herself becoming more Digit and less normal by the minute. This horrifies her, but the horror is somewhat lessened by the realization that the hot FBI agent watching her seems to like the more confident, brainy Digit. John is a languages whiz himself after all, so while he's impressed by his 17-year-old charge, he isn't intimidated by her. The ending was predictable, but satisfying, and overall I loved this book. I loved it, but I can't give it more than a 3/5.
Despite the fact that I loved this book, I've got to give it a 3. Why? Because it's pretty average. It's a cute story; I enjoyed reading it. It left me with the warm and fuzzies in full strength, but it did this by doing exactly what I expected.
So I give the enjoyment a 5/5, but the book itself get's a 3/5.
“But at this moment I'm feeling the effect of being thrown from a moving car, held at gunpoint, and tossed through a plate-glass window. You, incredibly attractive or not, might be the only thing that stands between my waking up in the morning and my being chopped up in my sleep. I am staying here, and so are you. And these fine silk pajamas are staying on. Now get in bed.”
I like Digit. She's smart, but smart enough to know that if she rides the middle of the road-not having strong opinions and agreeing with everything-she'll be more accepted than if she is her normal brainy self. Digit's family is surprisingly normal for one that's birthed a genius. Her dad's a bit odd but in a good, professorly sort of way. Her mom's an actress, and a good one at that. She lives in LA, but the last thing she ever wanted to do was break a terror cell's code. Normal, quiet girls don't do that after all.
From the moment she is 'kidnapped' by the FBI, Digit slowly finds herself becoming more Digit and less normal by the minute. This horrifies her, but the horror is somewhat lessened by the realization that the hot FBI agent watching her seems to like the more confident, brainy Digit. John is a languages whiz himself after all, so while he's impressed by his 17-year-old charge, he isn't intimidated by her. The ending was predictable, but satisfying, and overall I loved this book. I loved it, but I can't give it more than a 3/5.
Despite the fact that I loved this book, I've got to give it a 3. Why? Because it's pretty average. It's a cute story; I enjoyed reading it. It left me with the warm and fuzzies in full strength, but it did this by doing exactly what I expected.
So I give the enjoyment a 5/5, but the book itself get's a 3/5.