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From: Ingrid L Niinemae <ingridln>
Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 14:25:23 -0600
I finished reading FREEWILL yesterday and found it hard going for a couple of reasons. Stylistically the almost incessant questions posed in 2nd-person voice to the protagonist chopped up the narrative. It was also difficult to figure out what was going on (including Will's time in the ocean, which was apparently the climax) and hard to work up a lot of empathy for any of the characters: there did not seem to be enough of anyone to hold on to. The relationship between Will and the track star and the steadfastness of his grandparents' love were positives, I guess, but in a very tenuous way.
As I read I wondered what YAs would make of it, and it was interesting to hear from Brianna that at least one YA disliked the lack of humor, and found the book depressing. I'm pretty sure that as a YA I would have found reading the novel to be a frustrating experience.
What have others experienced? Am I missing something here? (I have not read any of Chris Lynch's other books)
Ingrid Niinemae LIS student, future school librarian Hinsdale, IL ingridln at juno.com
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Received on Wed 06 Mar 2002 02:25:23 PM CST
Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 14:25:23 -0600
I finished reading FREEWILL yesterday and found it hard going for a couple of reasons. Stylistically the almost incessant questions posed in 2nd-person voice to the protagonist chopped up the narrative. It was also difficult to figure out what was going on (including Will's time in the ocean, which was apparently the climax) and hard to work up a lot of empathy for any of the characters: there did not seem to be enough of anyone to hold on to. The relationship between Will and the track star and the steadfastness of his grandparents' love were positives, I guess, but in a very tenuous way.
As I read I wondered what YAs would make of it, and it was interesting to hear from Brianna that at least one YA disliked the lack of humor, and found the book depressing. I'm pretty sure that as a YA I would have found reading the novel to be a frustrating experience.
What have others experienced? Am I missing something here? (I have not read any of Chris Lynch's other books)
Ingrid Niinemae LIS student, future school librarian Hinsdale, IL ingridln at juno.com
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