Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Sometimes she worried...the book would be lost in the library and she'd never read it again - (Pg 39)




I couldn't really get into A Tree Grows In Brooklyn by Betty Smith. Apparently one of The books, I just wasn't moved.

I didn't care for the main protagonist to whom things seemed to just happen. At the beginning of the story she was young and naive, at the end, she was older and naive.

Yes many things happened to her and her family, yes she faced many hardships, however I didn't feel that anything really had any effect or change upon her.

They story was long, drawn out and not terribly interesting. The same story has been told with much more enthusiasm (despite the sad and oppressed subject matter).

Yes a tree grew, it didn't change, it just grew and kept growing.

250 Days Remaining, 18 Books to go