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A review by sofia_the_scholar
Room and Board by Miriam Parker
4.0
Gillian Brodie: a renowned but failed publicist is offered a job as a dorm mother to her old boarding school. But what happens when a certain activity is bound to slowly destroy the safe place of the school?
It was such an entertaing book. It was so easy to read and it definitely made me feel nostalgic, especially reading the flashbacks of Gillian's time in school. Adolescence is such a difficult time period, and we definitely see this with Freddy and Farrah and Bunny buy on a different perspective. The lovely siblings just want to be themselves without having everyone telling them who they have to be, and Bunny, even though I think she tried really hard to be shallow, but in reality she was just a kid who wanted to be given attention. I'm still puzzled about Aiden's character, I still don't like him and I think Lila was right about him. Finally, I hope there's a spin-off some day about Miranda's life or how she's turned out to be, it would certainly be interesting!
The narration was attention-catching, dialogues certainly contributed to the progress of the story, especially the talk between Gloria and Gillian. I would have liked to be a student in Gem Academy having either one of those two as a dorm mother. It was such a brilliant setting with a good story!
It was such an entertaing book. It was so easy to read and it definitely made me feel nostalgic, especially reading the flashbacks of Gillian's time in school. Adolescence is such a difficult time period, and we definitely see this with Freddy and Farrah and Bunny buy on a different perspective. The lovely siblings just want to be themselves without having everyone telling them who they have to be, and Bunny, even though I think she tried really hard to be shallow, but in reality she was just a kid who wanted to be given attention. I'm still puzzled about Aiden's character, I still don't like him and I think Lila was right about him. Finally, I hope there's a spin-off some day about Miranda's life or how she's turned out to be, it would certainly be interesting!
The narration was attention-catching, dialogues certainly contributed to the progress of the story, especially the talk between Gloria and Gillian. I would have liked to be a student in Gem Academy having either one of those two as a dorm mother. It was such a brilliant setting with a good story!