I finished The Dynamite Room by Jason Hewitt a few days ago. This is a WWII story which is usually one of my favorite historical fiction topics to read. This book sounded very interesting, but unfortunately I really didn't enjoy it that much. It was very slow to read and I felt the way the story was told was very confusing.
It was the story of a girl named Lydia running away from a boarding house back to her childhood home during the war. She finds the house empty and wonders where her mother is. In the night, a German soldier comes to the house. He is torn between killing her and letting her live. He lets her live, but tells her she must follow all his rules.
They wait for the rest of the Germans to come and face other hardships along the way. In the end we are supposed to feel connected to their relationship, but I was just really confused by all the information given in the flashbacks. The ending seemed very rushed too.
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#16: Carry On
I just finished Carry On by Rainbow Rowell. This is the story of Simon Snow, as Cath wrote about in the book Fangirl. I had really enjoyed Fangirl and Eleanor and Park by Rowell, but this one was just okay for me.
It's gotten really good reviews by everyone else, but I just didn't really get into it. The story was entertaining and I wanted to know what happened, but I didn't feel any remarkable moments. Maybe it was because I kind of knew what was going to happen from reading Fangirl. I liked the story of the magic world and the vampire story, but maybe I was comparing them too much to the Harry Potter and Twilight series.
I also liked the relationship between Simon and Baz, but I didn't feel the strong pull of love that I did in Rowell's other novels. I found the teenage love stories in Eleanor & Park and Fangirl absolutely amazing. They just gave me that happy mushy feeling inside. Baz and Simon felt not as strong.
Anyway a good story, but just not as liked by me as her other novels. Still glad I have a few more left to read.
Up Next: The Dynamite Room by Jason Hewitt
It's gotten really good reviews by everyone else, but I just didn't really get into it. The story was entertaining and I wanted to know what happened, but I didn't feel any remarkable moments. Maybe it was because I kind of knew what was going to happen from reading Fangirl. I liked the story of the magic world and the vampire story, but maybe I was comparing them too much to the Harry Potter and Twilight series.
I also liked the relationship between Simon and Baz, but I didn't feel the strong pull of love that I did in Rowell's other novels. I found the teenage love stories in Eleanor & Park and Fangirl absolutely amazing. They just gave me that happy mushy feeling inside. Baz and Simon felt not as strong.
Anyway a good story, but just not as liked by me as her other novels. Still glad I have a few more left to read.
Up Next: The Dynamite Room by Jason Hewitt
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