My last full book for the night was Holly Bodger's 5 to 1.From the review: "I have to be honest: I've been completely over the whole novels in verse thing for awhile, so while Sudasa's free-versified thoughts and feelings were interesting, I was always relieved when I got back to the prose of Contestant 5's sections. That being said, seeing Sudasa slowly realize that there was a life for her outside of Koyangar and her grandmother's control was a fascinating character arc. I just wished it had been more fleshed out. Free verse tends to be extremely spare, without a lot of detail. This is obviously a personal preference, so your mileage may vary."
I had trouble with the formatting until I tweaked the settings on my reader about 2/3rds of the way through, so I spent a lot of time squinting and angling my reader. I'm going to pick up one of my library books for my bedtime reading and into tomorrow.
1 comment:
I felt pretty much the same way about this book. It pulled me in -- but left a lot out. However, I basically forgave it because I read it so quickly. I wasn't thrilled with it, but hadn't invested a whole lot of time and it was overall positive.
Post a Comment