Eat, Read, and Be Mommy

Yeah, I know, I missed ANOTHER blog post. And there wasn’t much of a reason this time, unless you count choosing to finish another book instead…anyway. Perhaps I was also avoiding this particular review, because I found much of Laurel Snyder’s Orphan Island to be simply–maddening. I’ve liked the few other books by her that I’ve read, but this one is getting a review in list form, because I’m not quite sure what else to do with it.

1) The writing is excellent.
2) Read Rick Riordan’s review on Goodreads to get a better sense of the book and its general
direction; if you’re looking for dystopia or, you know, ultimate resolution,
you’re out of luck.
3) On the other hand, this can totally be read as a chilling example of why adolescents don’t make
good parents.
4) Oh, the poor decisions! And the avoidance of reality!
5) I was sucked in, but it took longer than I wanted it to.
6) Being sucked in doesn’t mean that I really enjoyed the book.
7) Which, to be fair, is partly because it isn’t really so much my thing; on the other hand, I’m at a
complete loss as to what audience this book would be right for. Adults and parents are going to
have an entirely different level of appreciation for it, but I doubt that a majority of the
adolescents it’s presumably written for are going to get out of it what would be most beneficial
for them.
8) Did I mention the LACK OF RESOLUTION?
9) Bottom line? This is an excellently written metaphor. If that thought appeals, you should totally
read it; if not, well–I probably wouldn’t.

Oh, and happy birthday to my mother. I’m so glad she was born!