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The Extraordinary Secrets of April, May, & June
by Robin Benway (Goodreads Author)
by Robin Benway (Goodreads Author)
On the positive side, the voices of the three narrators are funny and engaging. On the negative side, after a while, what was funny and engaging becomes hyper and shriek-y. More than any YA book I've read recently, it made me feel my age. I wanted the sisters to take a huge chill pill and think things through logically, but they wanted to hurtle forward through their lives, acting on pure instinct. Because they're teenagers. Duh.
I was looking forward to reading a book with the theme of using your newly discovered superpowers responsibly but, even though there was some discussion of this issue, it never really went anywhere. There was also some confusion about how at least one of the powers worked. (Why does she see some future scenes in complete detail and others not? Why can she look into the future and see some of the things she wants to see and not others? What about when present-moment actions change the course of the future?) And there were the usual plot holes that I'm getting so tired of finding in YA novels. (They had to change schools because one sister got drunk one time? This boy likes another sister even though she appears to be a total psycho? Who is this Avery girl and why does she keep popping up like she matters?)
However, it does have that appealing, bouncy quality and it might provoke some thinking about responsible use of magic and sisters sticking together through their hardships so I'll end up recommending it to some.
I was looking forward to reading a book with the theme of using your newly discovered superpowers responsibly but, even though there was some discussion of this issue, it never really went anywhere. There was also some confusion about how at least one of the powers worked. (Why does she see some future scenes in complete detail and others not? Why can she look into the future and see some of the things she wants to see and not others? What about when present-moment actions change the course of the future?) And there were the usual plot holes that I'm getting so tired of finding in YA novels. (They had to change schools because one sister got drunk one time? This boy likes another sister even though she appears to be a total psycho? Who is this Avery girl and why does she keep popping up like she matters?)
However, it does have that appealing, bouncy quality and it might provoke some thinking about responsible use of magic and sisters sticking together through their hardships so I'll end up recommending it to some.
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