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A review by cirid
The Book of Tomorrow by Cecelia Ahern
4.0
A good and entertaining read!
We have the dry, if not particularly likeable viewpoint of a whiny, irreverent, irritating, shocking, self-absorbed, sympathetic, and sheltered teenager, and this is characterisation is written very, very faithfully. There is complete intentionality to the shock factor that some readers appear to be upset by – we have the messy human experience of a spoilt and traumatised teenager's internal spiel – to make it sanitised would be doing a disservice to the character. It is teenager to the core. I think it entirely age appropriate, for what it is.
For such an unlikeable character, there is something redeemingly witty about the way the book was written. Admittedly this read as more of a character study (some sort of grief arc bildungsroman meeting your everyday mystery/thriller) than a story about a fantasy book. The book was actually the least remarkable thing in this novel. Despite that, it was really very enjoyable and the characters leapt off the page.
We have the dry, if not particularly likeable viewpoint of a whiny, irreverent, irritating, shocking, self-absorbed, sympathetic, and sheltered teenager, and this is characterisation is written very, very faithfully. There is complete intentionality to the shock factor that some readers appear to be upset by – we have the messy human experience of a spoilt and traumatised teenager's internal spiel – to make it sanitised would be doing a disservice to the character. It is teenager to the core. I think it entirely age appropriate, for what it is.
For such an unlikeable character, there is something redeemingly witty about the way the book was written. Admittedly this read as more of a character study (some sort of grief arc bildungsroman meeting your everyday mystery/thriller) than a story about a fantasy book. The book was actually the least remarkable thing in this novel. Despite that, it was really very enjoyable and the characters leapt off the page.