Eve Li Li من عند Mayda, Rajasthan, الهند
Very funny. Enjoyed all of Chelsea's antics and escapades
The weird just got weirder. The quirkiness and oddities of the town Jack is living in makes for some fun bits and pieces. Not one of the characters is dull or mundane, everyone is eccentric and interesting. At times I felt that his parents were horrible people for the way they let their son get into trouble when it was their fault and not his own – that was really bothersome that it never changed. The plot was where the problem was with this story. Because everything is about the oddity of the town and the people living in it, the plot…which I didn’t even really realize was there till the end…was buried underneath everything else. The story moves around without much rhyme or reason and the characters do not show any growth or change or any intentions of doing anything differently. While it had fun parts to read, there was nothing to walk away from this book with. Reviewed by Jessica for Book Sake.
This was boring. I just recently reread Jeanette Winterson's Written on the Body. Now that was an intriguing story filled with passion and angst. LIghthousekeeping was hard to follow and hard to care about.