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Sorry I haven't posted a review in a while! Today I'll be reviewing A Million Angels, by Kate Maryon. A few years ago, I posted a review a review on 27 April 2014 about a book called Shine, by the same author. I absolutely loved Shine, and A Million Angels was written by the same author.
Jemima's father is in the army and he has to go to Afghanistan for half a year. Jemima loves her father and is devastated by this. She's so scared for him- will he ever come back?
To make things worse, her frenemy, Jess, can't stop talking about how happy she is her dad has gone off too- and she continuously insults Jemima about her horrible fashion sense, her dad, her family, her lack of real friends...
Jemima's off to a bad start at school. She has absolutely no friends and all the kids seem to hate her. Her only consolation are the angels she draws on her arm and sends off to her father every day. But when her class is assigned to do a project on a topic of their choice, she knows exactly what to do- and it involves uniting her grandmother with her long-lost love.
That's when everything goes haywire- Jemima sets off the fire alarm, wears her gas mask to school, and lands in major trouble. But that's not the worst of it. The worst is yet to come...
The book, while with a massive potential, with a strong story line and a good writer, was not as good as Shine. It did not cast the spell over me that Shine did, and Jemima as a character, had no other qualities or hobbies other than being scared for her father. The story also felt unfocused. There are too many side plots for a book of this size(getting a new sibling, bullies, class project, helping her grandmother, getting along with her mother, seriously hurting her enemy, Ned's grandfather dying, her father going to war, etc.), and only a few were handled well. It would be better if Jemima had other characteristics and the story had fewer plot points.
I liked the idea, though, and Jess was an interesting character that I would like to read more about. The book was well-written for the age group and easy to get through. The lessons taught were definitely awesome and I liked the way Jemima helped her grandmother and gradually became happy.
Kate Maryon is a British author who likes chocolate, films, reading, eating out and lying on sunny beaches. Other books she's written include Shine, Glitter, Invisible Girl and Sea of Stars.
Sorry I haven't posted a review in a while! Today I'll be reviewing A Million Angels, by Kate Maryon. A few years ago, I posted a review a review on 27 April 2014 about a book called Shine, by the same author. I absolutely loved Shine, and A Million Angels was written by the same author.
Jemima's father is in the army and he has to go to Afghanistan for half a year. Jemima loves her father and is devastated by this. She's so scared for him- will he ever come back?
To make things worse, her frenemy, Jess, can't stop talking about how happy she is her dad has gone off too- and she continuously insults Jemima about her horrible fashion sense, her dad, her family, her lack of real friends...
Jemima's off to a bad start at school. She has absolutely no friends and all the kids seem to hate her. Her only consolation are the angels she draws on her arm and sends off to her father every day. But when her class is assigned to do a project on a topic of their choice, she knows exactly what to do- and it involves uniting her grandmother with her long-lost love.That's when everything goes haywire- Jemima sets off the fire alarm, wears her gas mask to school, and lands in major trouble. But that's not the worst of it. The worst is yet to come...
The book, while with a massive potential, with a strong story line and a good writer, was not as good as Shine. It did not cast the spell over me that Shine did, and Jemima as a character, had no other qualities or hobbies other than being scared for her father. The story also felt unfocused. There are too many side plots for a book of this size(getting a new sibling, bullies, class project, helping her grandmother, getting along with her mother, seriously hurting her enemy, Ned's grandfather dying, her father going to war, etc.), and only a few were handled well. It would be better if Jemima had other characteristics and the story had fewer plot points.
I liked the idea, though, and Jess was an interesting character that I would like to read more about. The book was well-written for the age group and easy to get through. The lessons taught were definitely awesome and I liked the way Jemima helped her grandmother and gradually became happy.
Kate Maryon is a British author who likes chocolate, films, reading, eating out and lying on sunny beaches. Other books she's written include Shine, Glitter, Invisible Girl and Sea of Stars.
