Double Feature Book Review: 2 for the post of 1

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


I don't know what to say about this book. Sometimes I really enjoyed reading it and other times I felt ambivalent toward it. The family's craziness makes for a compelling read most of the time and it works even better because the reader knows it's all true. I think I may have missed the point of this book about how family should stick together because I kept wanting to shout at the kids, "Get out and leave your crazy parents behind!" There's not a lot to like about the parents in this story, which may be part of the reason I'm not over the moon about it as many people are. I really need to care about the characters and most of the time in this case I just didn't.



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This is a terribly written review. I feel like I just have nothing to say about this book other than, "Gosh, that family is super crazy" which is what the review boils down to.



The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis

My rating: 2 of 5 stars


This book had an excellent ending but it just could not make up for its earlier transgressions. I thought it was a bit of a slow read and I did not even like the characters that much. I thought this whole book was going to be about the trip to Birmingham but it took them a very very long time to get on the road. I really just did not care about everything that happened before they started talking about going to Birmingham.



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A disappointing book from the genius who wrote Bud, Not Buddy. I believe this was his first novel, so he definitely improved a bit before writing Bud.