Gillian French
Autor von The Lies They Tell
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- Geschlecht
- female
- Nationalität
- USA
- Geburtsort
- Maine, USA
- Wohnorte
- Maine, USA
- Ausbildung
- University of Maine (BA, English)
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- 3.3
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Whether French was intentional or not, in the beginning of Sugaring Off I felt the story of Owl moved slowly, like cold sap moving through the trunk of a maple tree. As the story heated up, like sap to syrup, it began to flow faster with more flavor and intensity. Having said that, I am not a fan of overly dramatic descriptions of characters or plots. I feel they are ploys to get the reader crack open the book. The inside cover of Sugaring Off describes Cody as "magnetic and dangerous." Spoiler alert! For the first two thirds of the book Cody is a sullen and silent cigarette-smoking teen who wants nothing more than to stay away from adults and maybe take Owl's virginity. Oh yeah, she's attracted to him, too. The real threat seemed to be daddy making parole. Would he come back for revenge? It was Owl's testimony that put him away.
As an aside, I understand why the parole of Owl's father was pivotal to the plot, but I felt it was unnecessary trickery in the face of Cody's mystique. More could have been done to build up Cody's "dangerous" character because Seth's outrage about Owl's relationship with the teen was misplaced. If Seth thought Cody was such a threat, why did he let Owl work so closely with him? What happened to big bad dad? He drifted out of the story as more of Cody's dark past was revealed. This was written for teens and so I thought like a teen and questioned everything.… (mehr)