A review by k_wazlib
The Life of Glass by Jillian Cantor
2.0
I don't know what exactly I was expecting from this book. It read very slow, and I nearly gave up on it about halfway through. It just seemed like nothing was really happening, and I still don't know what exactly I'm supposed to take from it. I think that I expected the story to include more of the main character: Melissa, figuring out more about her father and his secrets. While there was a bit of that, it just seemed like we followed a very clueless Melissa through her drab and boring life. I felt hardly any emotion from this book, as it just seemed to bleed together into this blah kind of story.
The only interesting point that I'll most likely take from it is the actual life of glass; a million years.
The plot centered around Melissa beginning high school and wanting to unravel her dead father's journal of facts and ideas. We definitely see the drab bits of high school through her eyes, and we even get a bit of the unraveling, however, by the end I was beginning to wonder what she was actually learning. She finds a name in the journal and spends the whole novel trying to find this person and their connection to her father. By the end, she doesn't care in the least and makes something up for her own comfort. Maybe this is just her being able to move on? I was a bit disappointed that we didn't get to meet this person and find out why their name was written in the journal.
I didn't really care for the plot or how it played out. None of the characters really stood out to me or made me feel anything for them. Not a one, which I find very strange. The writing wasn't bad, just a tad too boring and laggy for my taste. The ending was pretty much a happy one that made me feel both indifferent and happy to just finish it.
☆☆/5
Recommend?: If you're looking for a basic go-between book.
If, for some reason, you like reading about irrational and mean older sisters.
The only interesting point that I'll most likely take from it is the actual life of glass; a million years.
The plot centered around Melissa beginning high school and wanting to unravel her dead father's journal of facts and ideas. We definitely see the drab bits of high school through her eyes, and we even get a bit of the unraveling, however, by the end I was beginning to wonder what she was actually learning. She finds a name in the journal and spends the whole novel trying to find this person and their connection to her father. By the end, she doesn't care in the least and makes something up for her own comfort. Maybe this is just her being able to move on? I was a bit disappointed that we didn't get to meet this person and find out why their name was written in the journal.
I didn't really care for the plot or how it played out. None of the characters really stood out to me or made me feel anything for them. Not a one, which I find very strange. The writing wasn't bad, just a tad too boring and laggy for my taste. The ending was pretty much a happy one that made me feel both indifferent and happy to just finish it.
☆☆/5
Recommend?: If you're looking for a basic go-between book.
If, for some reason, you like reading about irrational and mean older sisters.