Palace Beautiful is a beautifully written book. I'm not just saying that because the author lives in my ward (thats why I read it) but because it is. Actually the ONLY reason I read this book is because the author lives in my ward. This is not my genre, I would have never in a million years picked this book up. If you go to my goodreads and check out my book list, this genre of teenage girl books is not there.
With that said, I ended up enjoying Palace Beautiful. It took me about 50 pages or so to get past the teenage girl part and into the book but after I let my prejudice go, I couldn't put it down. I loved the story and the way it was written. The book is about two sisters who move to the Avenues in Salt Lake City and find a journal in the attic of their new house. With a new friend the sisters read the journal of a 13 year old girl from 1918 during the Influenza and go though their own story of being 13 in 1985. While I enjoyed the main story, I LOVED the journal story!! The girls read the journal in sections, making you wait in anticipation for the next time they're going to read the journal. I have learned a lesson that I shouldn't judge a book by it's cover. Just because it's a book for teenage girls doesn't mean that I won't like it. I hate to admit this but Palace Beautiful made me cry a little. The story has a great life lesson for everyone every age and while I highly recommend this to all teenage girls I would also recommend it for all.
Who knows, with my new lesson in life I might even read the Twilight series.
2 comments:
Wow! Thanks for reading and reviewing my book, Brad! Don't worry, you aren't alone, all the men that have admitted to me that they read it, all said they cried, too. ;)
What a great review! Thanks!
-Sarah
Way to go Brad, give in to your feminine side! Seriously though, thanks for the recommendation - I'll have to read it. Also, if this book is well-written, you may not enjoy the Twilight series...Meyers is a good story-teller, not a good author.
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