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A review by jombienerd
The Thing with Feathers by McCall Hoyle
2.0
I didn’t love the book. Here’s why:
Going into this book, I was expecting a story highlighting epilepsy as a main drive for the plot. In this book, it just felt like something on the side. Like fried chicken and ketchup. The ketchup was her epilepsy when really I expected it to be the dressing to a salad.
The story was a cliche and it was just boring. It’s been seven seconds since I read the book and I’ve forgotten the main character’s name. Nothing much happened in this book. A really irritating girl with epilepsy gets forced to go to a public high school. She hates her mom and her dad is dead. She falls for a handsome jock guy in her English class. And she lies to everyone about her epilepsy and screws herself over. Then realizes her mistake and magically turns it all around in one chapter.
Character development is supposed to happen throughout the book. This girl went through it all in a few pages.
I wasn’t really digging the writing either.
She was probably one of the most irritating characters to read about. Ever. I’m sorry but having epilepsy is not a personality trait. She was just whiny and hateful all throughout the book. She was a bitch to her mom who honestly deserved so much better than her. She was an idiot when she disappointed her friend. Ahhh I really don’t like her.
The only reason this book is a two is because of Hitch, her golden retriever. He was the highlight of this book. I finished the book for Hitch. He helped me pull through. I just loved that dog so much. He was probably the only character I could bear. Along with Ayla.
I wouldn’t really recommend this book to anyone unless they wanna fall asleep.
Going into this book, I was expecting a story highlighting epilepsy as a main drive for the plot. In this book, it just felt like something on the side. Like fried chicken and ketchup. The ketchup was her epilepsy when really I expected it to be the dressing to a salad.
The story was a cliche and it was just boring. It’s been seven seconds since I read the book and I’ve forgotten the main character’s name. Nothing much happened in this book. A really irritating girl with epilepsy gets forced to go to a public high school. She hates her mom and her dad is dead. She falls for a handsome jock guy in her English class. And she lies to everyone about her epilepsy and screws herself over. Then realizes her mistake and magically turns it all around in one chapter.
Character development is supposed to happen throughout the book. This girl went through it all in a few pages.
I wasn’t really digging the writing either.
She was probably one of the most irritating characters to read about. Ever. I’m sorry but having epilepsy is not a personality trait. She was just whiny and hateful all throughout the book. She was a bitch to her mom who honestly deserved so much better than her. She was an idiot when she disappointed her friend. Ahhh I really don’t like her.
The only reason this book is a two is because of Hitch, her golden retriever. He was the highlight of this book. I finished the book for Hitch. He helped me pull through. I just loved that dog so much. He was probably the only character I could bear. Along with Ayla.
I wouldn’t really recommend this book to anyone unless they wanna fall asleep.