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What I Was by Meg Rosoff
Dec. 29th, 2009 01:56 pmThe Blurb On The Back:
Shall I tell you about the year I discovered love?
I’d been kicked out of two boarding schools and the last thing I wanted was to be here, on the East Anglian coast in a third.
But without St Oswald’s, I would not have discovered the fisherman’s hut with its roaring fire, its striped blankets, its sea monster stew.
Without St Oswald’s, I would not have met the boy with the beautiful eyes, the flickering half-smile and no past.
Without St Oswald’s. I would not have met Finn.
And without Finn, there would be no story.
Shall we begin?
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Nominated for a Costa Book Award, this is a brave novel that tackles homosexuality and yet doesn’t quite come off – mainly because the narrator needs slightly more fleshing out and Rosoff doesn’t quite delve into the homosexual undertones. Despite this, the quality of writing is excellent and the descriptions evocative.
I’d been kicked out of two boarding schools and the last thing I wanted was to be here, on the East Anglian coast in a third.
But without St Oswald’s, I would not have discovered the fisherman’s hut with its roaring fire, its striped blankets, its sea monster stew.
Without St Oswald’s, I would not have met the boy with the beautiful eyes, the flickering half-smile and no past.
Without St Oswald’s. I would not have met Finn.
And without Finn, there would be no story.
Shall we begin?
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Nominated for a Costa Book Award, this is a brave novel that tackles homosexuality and yet doesn’t quite come off – mainly because the narrator needs slightly more fleshing out and Rosoff doesn’t quite delve into the homosexual undertones. Despite this, the quality of writing is excellent and the descriptions evocative.
