This book is about Evelyn Bucknow.. or wait a minute is it about me? Or for that matter is it about you? This book is about every girl (and even boy) who has been a teenager once. There are several characters in this book which are truely one of a kind - Evelyn's single mother, her hard-core catholic religious grandmother, her next-door neighbour first love who also happens to be a small time mall stealer.... and lot many other characters. But in this book the narrators narration is more important than anything else. Its the understanding of the situation by Evelyn that makes this book a worth.
This book personifies my belief that you do not need jazzy words and romanticizing of dreams to come up with a classic. This book is as simple as listening to your friend narrating a story to you.
The book kicks off at a time when Evelyn is 10 and ends when she is 19. the journey is really heart warming. Her flow from childhood to adolecence to adulthood is graphed through various stages of uncertainity, blind belief, numbness and realisations. This book makes you sit up and take a look at life in the most appropriate way - without pretentions, without opinions and without dreamy illusions.
There are many times while reading this book that you want to go and tell Evelyn to take heart, that everything will be all right. The character is so endearing. And sometimes you just want to hold her shoulders and tell her 'grow up!'... she is just like each and every one of us.
A very realistic book from an author who was pretty unknown to me when i picked up her book.
Rating: 2/5
1 - nice read 2 - good 3 - very good 4 - simply outstanding 5 - Go on my knees and bow down in awe
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Hi Dipti!
Nice Review, I'm currently reading Kafka on the Shore and have to say I feel pretty much the same about it! Got your profile through orkut and you've got a lovely choice of books listed there :)
With your keen interest in Literature, I would love to tell you about the Culturazzi Club , an endeavor I believe you will find to be interesting.
The club was recently started and wishes to bring people in arts, cinema, literature, music, theater etc from across the world together on a common platform, where they can share their thoughts etc. I think you're gonna consider it a nice place to hang out :) ! It would be great if you could contribute for the website! Do let us know what you think about it! :)
Happy Culturacting!
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