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Deadly
by Jean-Marc Superville Sovak, Julie Chibbaro
I honestly just found this book uninteresting. It had potential, and I think I would have liked it a lot better if it hadn't been in diary format, but unfortunately it was, so I didn't particularly like it. My three main issues with this book were: narrative, plot development, and the name PRUDENCE.
1. Narrative
I really wish that the author of this book had had the sense to take out the diary dates. The writing is completely unrealistic of something a 16 year-old girl would write in a diary.
Also, Prudence (and I literally cringe while typing that name) just didn't have that interesting a narrative voice to me. Everything seemed devoid of emotion, even though Prudence went through loss of loved ones and romantic issues. I think that is often the case with diary writing. It kind of reminds me of something I learned about way back in third grade: show not tell. The sentence: "Reading this article, I feel stunned, sickened, queasy." is much less powerful than if the author actually showed the reader Prudence's reaction to reading the article. You see what I mean?
2. Plot Development
I think if the book had just stuck to the typhoid case, I would have been happier. But no, for the sake of making a character 3-dimensional, of course Prudence had to fall madly in love with her boss. I don't even have a problem with that. That would be fine with me. What I have a problem with is that after a small peck on the cheek, NOTHING ELSE F**KING HAPPENS. Seriously. WHY would the author possibly tell me that Prudence is deeply in love with this guy if NOTHING is going to happen between them?!?
The plot development in this book just sucked. I could go into WAY more detail, but then I would be staying up all night typing this and I don't really care about this book enough to do that.
3. PRUDENCE
As anyone who knows me well (and by that I mean Madeline)can tell you, I REALLY can't stand reading books where the main character has an awful name. And PRUDENCE is one of the awfullest names ever. For me, a name like PRUDENCE takes a book from okayish to bad. And that is probably why I disliked this book.
THE END.
1. Narrative
I really wish that the author of this book had had the sense to take out the diary dates. The writing is completely unrealistic of something a 16 year-old girl would write in a diary.
Also, Prudence (and I literally cringe while typing that name) just didn't have that interesting a narrative voice to me. Everything seemed devoid of emotion, even though Prudence went through loss of loved ones and romantic issues. I think that is often the case with diary writing. It kind of reminds me of something I learned about way back in third grade: show not tell. The sentence: "Reading this article, I feel stunned, sickened, queasy." is much less powerful than if the author actually showed the reader Prudence's reaction to reading the article. You see what I mean?
2. Plot Development
I think if the book had just stuck to the typhoid case, I would have been happier. But no, for the sake of making a character 3-dimensional, of course Prudence had to fall madly in love with her boss. I don't even have a problem with that. That would be fine with me. What I have a problem with is that after a small peck on the cheek, NOTHING ELSE F**KING HAPPENS. Seriously. WHY would the author possibly tell me that Prudence is deeply in love with this guy if NOTHING is going to happen between them?!?
The plot development in this book just sucked. I could go into WAY more detail, but then I would be staying up all night typing this and I don't really care about this book enough to do that.
3. PRUDENCE
As anyone who knows me well (and by that I mean Madeline)can tell you, I REALLY can't stand reading books where the main character has an awful name. And PRUDENCE is one of the awfullest names ever. For me, a name like PRUDENCE takes a book from okayish to bad. And that is probably why I disliked this book.
THE END.