The Whole Stupid Way We Are
فرمت کتاب
ebook
تاریخ انتشار
2013
Lexile Score
590
Reading Level
2-3
ATOS
3.7
Interest Level
9-12(UG)
نویسنده
N. Griffinشابک
9781442431584
کتاب های مرتبط
- اطلاعات
- نقد و بررسی
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نقد و بررسی
Starred review from December 17, 2012
When readers meet 14-year-old Dinah, she’s plotting to get her best friend Skint out of detention, which is Dinah all over: she’s a loving worrier, loyal even to the people and things she’s ambivalent about, like the Girls’ Friendly Society, a service group whose members have dwindled to three older women, Dinah, and the technically ineligible Skint. The Girls’ Friendly tries to help people in its small Maine town, but never in the way Dinah and Skint wish. And the truth is, Skint, whose father has early-onset dementia, could use some help himself, not that he’d take it. First-time author Griffin is good at depicting a small town where the many interconnections make it hard to know what to overlook and when to intervene, and she is equally tuned into the different ways people, adults and teens both, fail each other. It’s impossible not to like clumsy, warm-hearted Dinah, even as her best intentions turn Skint’s family upside down; Griffin’s portrayal of Dinah and Skint’s sense of injustice, frustration, and rage is wrenching and difficult to forget. Ages 14–up. Agent: Joe Monti, Barry Goldblatt Literary.
February 1, 2013
Gr 8-10-Set in Maine, this flawed first novel works well on some levels and not on others. Best friends Dinah and Skint, both 15, live in their own little world. While Dinah's home life is almost idyllic, Skint's is not. His father is suffering from early onset dementia and his mother is not handling the situation very well. While Dinah ineffectually focuses on Skint's problems by trying to keep him entertained with their weird and childish games, Skint escapes his troubles by worrying about an elderly couple and a child whose cruel father will not let him visit his mother. When Dinah decides to do something to help her friend, she causes major changes in both of their lives-and not necessarily good ones. With the requisite small-town quirky characters, this work of realistic fiction doesn't entirely succeed in creating a believable world. The two main characters act more like tweens than teens. The church members, especially the members of Girls' Friendly Society, are caricatures of old ladies. However, the relationship between Dinah and her mother is typical of many mother/daughter dynamics, and Skint's family problems and his way of dealing with them are understandable. The rural setting frames the story well.-Janet Hilbun, Texas Women's University, Denton, TX
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