Alice, I Think

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Summary: For parents too
Review: What a delightful read Susan Juby's book "Alice, I Think" is. Young readers will be able to identify but so will their parents. Susan has captured the somewhat difficult teenage years with a refreshing sense of humour. What a gifted writer to make us identify so strongly but want to laugh also and all without using foul language. I look forward to her next book. Edith MacKay, Smithers, B. C.

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Summary: "Alice, I Think" - my review
Review: When I checked out "Alice, I Think" at our downtown library, I thought I would enjoy it. Having read the inside cover and seeing that it was about a young, home-schooled girl coming back into society, I figured it would be interesting. For one, I dislike home-schooling a lot and I think it is very stupid, so I thought reading about it would be, well, interesting. I also read that it was told from a very sarcastic point of view, so I thought I would enjoy that. Turns out, I neither enjoyed it nor found it interesting.

After reading this book, I definitely don't recommend it. I may have gotten a few chuckles out of it, but it wasn't quite worth it. One thing that made it so hard for me to read was how ignorant the main character, Alice, was. She thought she knew everything about public schools, music, movies, people, and all kinds of things, and she even wanted to be a cultural critic. Truth be told, she hardly knew anything about any of those things, because she never really experienced much of it. She obviously didn't get out much. One cannot base their thoughts on what you see and read, you have to get out there and experience life for yourself.

With that said, I give this book a mere two stars, and I don't plan on reading anything else by this author.