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A review by jojobrown
This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen
4.0
I decided (after reading another book of Dessen's last year) to give more of them a try and borrow this book from my best friend. I was not disappointed! I would give this book more of a 3.5 stars but I just rounded up.
This book follows the events of summer through the eyes of the main character (but still 3rd person), Remy, a cynical heartbreaker who denies that true love exists. Her mother has had multiple marriages and even from birth men did nothing but let her down (her father that she never knew). Because of these factors, Remy has her breakup strategy down to a perfect emotionless formula that she's carried out with many guys over the years. This summer Remy plans to do the same, seeing as she will be going to college in the fall and plans to have no attachments tying her to her crazy home life that contrasts so drastically with her orderly, obsessive-compulsive personality. No spoilers, but let's just say this summer is a bit different than what Remy had planned.
This book follows Remy's changing personality and heart through the dysfunctional characters she encounters, and her love interest that stands out from every other guy she's dated.
What I've always admired about Dessen is her ability to create such believable characters in her stories and her ability to make the plot flow so smoothly by taking her time to develop inter-character relationships and not rush the progression of their lives. Her writing style is easy to read, yet exciting and rivets you with such subtlety that you suddenly look up and realize you've been reading for 4 hours. Dessen hits the nail on the head again with the smooth page-turner that is "This Lullaby".
This book follows the events of summer through the eyes of the main character (but still 3rd person), Remy, a cynical heartbreaker who denies that true love exists. Her mother has had multiple marriages and even from birth men did nothing but let her down (her father that she never knew). Because of these factors, Remy has her breakup strategy down to a perfect emotionless formula that she's carried out with many guys over the years. This summer Remy plans to do the same, seeing as she will be going to college in the fall and plans to have no attachments tying her to her crazy home life that contrasts so drastically with her orderly, obsessive-compulsive personality. No spoilers, but let's just say this summer is a bit different than what Remy had planned.
This book follows Remy's changing personality and heart through the dysfunctional characters she encounters, and her love interest that stands out from every other guy she's dated.
What I've always admired about Dessen is her ability to create such believable characters in her stories and her ability to make the plot flow so smoothly by taking her time to develop inter-character relationships and not rush the progression of their lives. Her writing style is easy to read, yet exciting and rivets you with such subtlety that you suddenly look up and realize you've been reading for 4 hours. Dessen hits the nail on the head again with the smooth page-turner that is "This Lullaby".