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April 2016, Electio Publishing, 185 pages, Ebook, Review copy
Book summary
Edna is a precocious trouble-maker wreaking havoc at her Beverly Hills
school. Her therapist advocates medication, but her parents come up with
an alternative cure: Edna will spend the summer in the desert with her
grandparents. Their remote cabin is cut off from cell phone service,
Internet and television. Edna’s determined to rebel until she meets an
older local boy and falls in love for the first time. How can she get to
know him from the edge of nowhere?
Nayu's thoughts
Edna is
an ungrateful brat, a drama queen who has no idea how priviliged she
is. Her self-centred attitude undergoes a mild reform during her
exile, not a radical one, but enough that she starts thinking of
others. I smiled when she ends up organising a party which while not
having the result she longed for, did help someone else in the long
term.
There were several moments when I got teary eyed because of the
emotion of the writing. It was fun watching how fed up Edna was
without technology as a constant companion, something so many teens
are used to. I thought the outcome of her love interest was a
positive one, as he was a decent guy and clearly wanted someone who
understood the desert way of life. However, this is also the part I
wasn't keen on in the book, not because I have little interest in
romance but there's one point where the strength of the romance felt
too strong for the characters involved, it felt unreal and awkward.
Aside from that I loved unravelling the reasons behind Edna's
grandparents living where and how they did. I had no idea that PTSD could be that severe, and in that unusual a form of symptoms. I felt so sorry for her grandfather, and for her grandmother who remains faithful and cares for him even though she gets no love back. I sincerely hope that Edna
doesn't go back to her old ways on returning to civilisation.
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