“My cousin came to live with us a while ago, and right off the bat he drove me nuts. In fact, I hate his guts. Don’t ask me why, I just do. So I thought to myself, how hard would it be to murder him in his sleep? I mean, really. But I haven’t done it. Not yet anyway. So now I’m living with the consequences, which totally suck.”
Welcome to the life of Phoebe. Her parents are divorced, her beautiful but moody sister locks herself in her room and won’t come out and talk, her mother seems to be in her own world, and her father is never around. Now, to add to the list, her cousin Leonard has moved into her basement…and Leonard is anything but normal. Prone to loud outbursts of his colorful nature and an annoying tendency to never know when to shut up, Leonard drives Phoebe and her family nuts. But something about Leonard catches on in the town. He is upbeat and more than willing to give anyone and everyone a lifestyle makeover…whether they want it or not. When Leonard is pronounced missing…and later, dead, Phoebe realizes that she, the only one in town Leonard didn’t want to change, was given the most surprising makeover of all.
This book was very well written, epically for a first-time author. It is comprehensible yet has interpretable depth that is sometimes hard to see. The characters are loveable and full of personal defects, which makes you love them even more. The purpose of this book is clear: understanding. You come to understand people of different worlds. You see the news from the side where the pain is a day-to-day thing that doesn’t turn off when the television does. I recommend this book to anyone with an open mind. Four stars.
“I dunno for sure, but may the whole purpose of evil in this world is to get people who aren’t really good and who aren’t really bad to, ‘y know, be better.” ~Absolute Brightness
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Great review! this book looks interesting :D
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Thank you :)
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