A review by rachaelanra
The Little Brother by Victoria Patterson
4.0
First off I would like to say: I wasn't a fan of the cover. The rubbery thing left so many smudges on it. I'm okay with rips and folded parts but smudges I'm not :(.
Anyway, I found this book entertaining and but slow at times. In fact, the first couple characters I really didn't care about because it all was just backstory. I was okay with the backstory but I just wanted to get to the plot! But when I did get to the plot I was surprised and sort of annoyed because I wanted things to work out for Even, who is the youngest son. I desperately wanted Even to do the right thing, which he kind of did but he wasn't confidence in what he did (which was turn his brother's camera phone in). I can understand how he felt conflicted but I wanted some source of justice to show itself and I was sort of happy when Justice had finally took it's stand.
Though, I really didn't like how the last chapters sort of ended. It felt as though everything was just presented with a nice bow and that felt unfair. I didn't like how every single girl was a "slut" or "crack addicted", it made the story seem unreal, so I'm glad that Patterson decided to focus more on the boys.
Overall, I felt a connection with Even and understood why he did certain things and I really like the book. There was good pacing between events, that it made it hard to stop reading because I wanted to find out what would happen next and the brotherly love was enjoyable. I also like how we are able to see how Even's life was affected after his parents divorce.
Anyway, I found this book entertaining and but slow at times. In fact, the first couple characters I really didn't care about because it all was just backstory. I was okay with the backstory but I just wanted to get to the plot! But when I did get to the plot I was surprised and sort of annoyed because I wanted things to work out for Even, who is the youngest son. I desperately wanted Even to do the right thing, which he kind of did but he wasn't confidence in what he did (which was turn his brother's camera phone in). I can understand how he felt conflicted but I wanted some source of justice to show itself and I was sort of happy when Justice had finally took it's stand.
Though, I really didn't like how the last chapters sort of ended. It felt as though everything was just presented with a nice bow and that felt unfair. I didn't like how every single girl was a "slut" or "crack addicted", it made the story seem unreal, so I'm glad that Patterson decided to focus more on the boys.
Overall, I felt a connection with Even and understood why he did certain things and I really like the book. There was good pacing between events, that it made it hard to stop reading because I wanted to find out what would happen next and the brotherly love was enjoyable. I also like how we are able to see how Even's life was affected after his parents divorce.