Reviews

The Decoding of Lana Morris by Tom McNeal, Laura McNeal

librariann's review

Ages 13+ (awww, warm feelings) 16 year old Lana lives in a foster home with the Snicks - four "special needs kids" who are mentally disabled in various ways. When she buys a box of paper from an antiques shop, she discovers that the drawings she makes on the paper come true, in a way.

lizhok's review

3.0

I liked this book, but I wish I knew more about the characters. For the most part, I couldn't really understand why some of the characters were doing what they were doing (Lana, in the end?) but I thought it was a cute story. I loved Lana's voice as the narrator, and Chet was pretty much the most hilarious part of the whole thing. Something that bothered me about this story was that I could never really tell how Lana felt about the SNKs. Maybe that's super dumb that I didn't pick up on her real feelings, but I just couldn't follow her sometimes.

maidmarianlib's review

2.0

Very realistic teenage voice. But the emotional portrayal is all over the map and it is hard to see any real change in the main character or to even understand why she changed. Ending leaves you wanting. Note some very mild content may not be suitable for all readers.

cath_'s review

2.0

A very average read in my opinion.

There wasn't much character development in the main character. The relationship between Lana and her foster father was creepy and didn't add to the story other than to add shock. All the other character relationships were surface level.

I finished feeling very underwhelmed. This plot had so much potential for some really beautiful themes but it fell flat.

manda's review

To be completely honest, I didn't like this book that much. I loved the character, but felt like the authors included too many of them. I also didn't like it because you know when you see a person and you get a feeling that you don't like them? Well, it was the same feeling with me after I finished reading it.