Jellicoe Road
by Melina Marchetta
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Author: Melina MarchettaEdition: Hardcover
Format: Bargain Price
Published: 2008-09-01
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 432
Publisher: HarperTeen
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Book Review: A dissenting vote
Summary: 3 Stars
I don't know if it's because I am not the target age of the book, or if I just didn't care for the many twists and turns, but I did not like this book. I didn't care for the odd way the mystery was solved, the way the drama was solved, the way the loose ends were tucked, or any of it. As an English teacher, I knew where all of the elements had come from: there's a bit of classic (T.S. Elliot's influence in the title, some A Separate Peace in the war games/Peace Tree, etc.)
I could definitely tell I was reading a book written for modern teens, but there were times I felt the book was too disjointed and too outrageous--I have experienced the death of my brother and I know it's completely devastating. That's believable. But having a "serial killer" and all the people she's connected to? How many coincidences needed to line up for this story to work? There's too, too much. The boyfriend was shattered & suicidal. The main character was broken & drowned a cat. The aunt was "dead" to the world. The mother was a drug addict. Fitz was crazy. She thought her uncle was a homicidal maniac. No one was normal. Everyone was way, way too nuts.
I am not recommending this book.
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