This book is amazing, but so confusing. The style in which the book is written is very interesting. This is because Zoe, the main character, refer to people such as her mom and uncle with nicknames. This make the story slightly hard to follow. The storyline itself is very touching. This book is about Zoe, a girl who just lost her mother. Who she thinks is crazy. She is then forced to move in with Henry, her uncle she has never met. Thoughts of her mothers old boyfriends sometimes haunt her. The story is told from two points of view, through the eyes of Zoe and though the eyes of a stray cat. Through this book Zoe learns to like and trust her uncle and his friends. Though I wasn't really able to connect to this book like a did with the book Invisible Lines, I think it is a great book and is definitely worth reading. While starting this book, I didn't enjoy it all that much. However, and this point it the book it's starting to become more interesting and I can't wait to read more! This book is excellent, so I bought it. Or rather, I spilled coffee all over a library book ... so I bought it. But it is good in multiple ways. While I wouldn't classify it as a suspense novel, it has a page turning quality: mysterious person in the woods, lost/ill old woman, Mom's old boyfriends showing up unexpectedly, and more. Two aspects I particularly like about this realistic novel: the girl from a thoroughly dysfunctional family still comes off as smart,responsible, talented and self-reliant; the other aspect is that the story doesn't make any bones about the fact that some kids are simply born to bad parents. Doesn't sugarcoat it. There are pointers to mental/physical health issues, suicide, and the value of art. This is a good one.
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This was such a good book. I shed a tear when a certain character died.
—diogmartins
Can't put it down!!!! Beautiful children's book for everyone!
—Sallygood63
3.5 stars - It was a super cute book and I loved Mr. C'mere!
—Lexxii
I didn't even finish this book. I was too bored by it
—Artio
