Comments on: Kidlit Book Club

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:43:33 +0000

While I did like this book, and I felt that the two POVs and the absence of quote marks, which could have been pretty pretentious, worked really well, I would have very much liked a little bit of light now and then. Pretty much from the first word to the last, it felt like drowning in darkness, and a breather of some kind–even an occasional funny line from any character–would have been very welcome. Still, like I said, good book–very fast read, tough issues handled very honestly, and the OD scene from Noelle’s POV was especially vivid.

By: Mary

Mary — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:46:17 +0000

Thanks for joining the discussion! I totally agree. There’s a really interesting dynamic going on between how sympathetic and unsympathetic these two characters are. It really changes over the course of the book. Any other readers care to comment on how our perceptions of Noelle and Nadio change throughout? It’s safe to say that Noelle is the more unsympathetic, but Nadio has his moments, like when he’s wondering whether or not he should press the sex issue with Keeley, one of my favorite, most truthful moments in the book.

By: Emma

Emma — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:43:35 +0000

I loved this book,, I think the two point-of-views let us see the same event from two different sieds, like when Nadio and Keeley get together, we can see him falling in love from his own perspective and then Noelle’s reaction from hers and it almost makes you empathize with both. Even though, in that situatoin, Nadio is the more sympathetic character, since you see it from both perspectives, you can understand Noelle’s reaction just as well.