Well, this is disappointing. North of Beautiful is more about Terra and her father than about Terra and how she deals with her issues. That's not going to help me connect with my cousin's daughter.
Did you know it's o.k. to abandon a book? It is. Why waste your time slogging through a book you don't like? I think I will set this book aside for now. Maybe I'll pick it up again later.
Because I had to wait so long to get this book, I started reading Surviving the Applewhites. I think I'll go back to reading that. So far it's about a guy whose parents are in jail, and he has been kicked out of every school he's attended since they went to jail. Now he is going to be home schooled by some family, the Applewhites, on a farm out in the boonies. He is doing everything he can to annoy them: smoking, swearing, being disrespectful. He's betting himself he will not be with the Applewhites for long.
Some of what I was thinking when I started reading this book was about the way the author introduced the characters. Instead of meeting this LARGE family a character at a time through the events of the book, Stephanie Tolan, practically lists them AND gives their characteristics, too. This is a BIG family, and I'm not sure I'm going to be able to remember all the idiosyncrasies by being introduced to the characters in this manner.
Do I sound like a picky reader or what?? You bet I am. I want to read a book that can create a movie in my head. So far these two books haven't done that. I'll stick with Surviving the Applewhites for a bit more and keep you posted.
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