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A review by annamickreads
Starling by Isabel Strychacz
3.0
The quickest way I can describe "Starling" is if "E.T." and "Twilight" had a small-town baby.
I think Strychacz's ability to set the scene really made this book. From the beginning, we're introduced to the town of Darling and the small-town close-minded attitude really helps to shape what will become one of the bigger conflicts of the novel. The residents, all 333 of them, rarely leave where they're planted and consider our main characters Delta and Bee to be oddballs because their father is obsessed with the extra-terrestrial.
So, of course, when a gorgeous ET crash-lands in their backyard, of course the whole town comes looking and lands right at the sisters' doorstep, much to their chagrin. To make matters worse, their father disappears into their hall closet two weeks before the events of the book begins, and he hasn't reappeared since.
If you're interested in a sweet, unique love story with great atmospherics, "Starling" is the one for you!
I think Strychacz's ability to set the scene really made this book. From the beginning, we're introduced to the town of Darling and the small-town close-minded attitude really helps to shape what will become one of the bigger conflicts of the novel. The residents, all 333 of them, rarely leave where they're planted and consider our main characters Delta and Bee to be oddballs because their father is obsessed with the extra-terrestrial.
So, of course, when a gorgeous ET crash-lands in their backyard, of course the whole town comes looking and lands right at the sisters' doorstep, much to their chagrin. To make matters worse, their father disappears into their hall closet two weeks before the events of the book begins, and he hasn't reappeared since.
If you're interested in a sweet, unique love story with great atmospherics, "Starling" is the one for you!