Graziella Silva Silva itibaren Kiragavalu Santhemala, Karnataka 571424, Barato itibaren Kiragavalu Santhemala, Karnataka 571424, Barato

4 1/2 stars, but I can't give that, so I round up. A beautiful and moving book that is poignant and full of grace. The prose breaths and allows for an organic narrative to unfold, told between alternating chapters for the majority of the text, we learn of Victoria, Elizabeth, and Grant. Told through the voice of Victoria, a scared and wounded woman/girl, tells her narrative with a straightforwardness that if done badly would end up reading as sentimental rubbish, but Diffenbaugh is able to negotiate this difficult boundary and produces a text that is amazing. The book has its moments where it stumbles towards the end, where it seems to want to rush forward, but the rhythm of the narrative is found again and the text rights itself. Outside of everything else in the book, I will never look at flowers the same way.

At first, I just thought he had recycled a bunch of plot lines and characters from "Looking for Alaska", but then it went in another direction. It kept my interest at least. Not as cheesy as many YA books.

What a fun book! Even if it took me less than 30 minutes to read it, I still thought it was very entertaining. Marvin Redpost, a boy who doesn't look like the rest of his family, is convinced that he's the lost Prince Robert since he has red hair, blue eyes and is left-handed! We see him telling his family and friends that he really is the lost prince and even sets up an appointment for a blood test! When breaking the news to his family, we see his parents play along. I was disappointed by the ending, though. I thought that it was kind of stupid of him to back out even if he was an O negative. It makes you think, though. What if Marvin Redpost was really the lost Prince Robert?

by far my favorite kundera