One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies by Sonya Sones (Post 1)

This book is quite different from any other book I've read recently. Its not cause of the plot or the characters. Bu its the style and perspective, this book is written in the form of poems in a chronological order format, like a diary with a mix of email formats and letters that she has seen or written. This novel shows a new way of writing and though its not the suspenseful chapter by chapter view it is fun and interesting to read a book in this format. Also it's a way to cheat to get more reading times, most times I say something like, "Let me finish my chapter!" Or, "Let me finish this page." But with this novel I can finish on whatever page I want to since there are no cut off chapters. Just if you want to sneak in more reading, also if you only have a few minutes here and there to read you could read a stanza of a poem or if you come to one, a shorter poem. It's not like reading a large page of text or a chapter and loosing your place. Though I would advise this as a "Girls Eyes Only Novel" just for a suggestion, for some content. Yet some of these poems really intrigue the reader and you can feel the main character's and what they are thinking.

"Peach Fuzz

When the flight attendant
leans in to ask me
if I'd like something to drink
and the sun splashes across her face.

I notice
all these tiny little
blond hairs on her cheeks,
and tears rush into my eyes.

My mother had them too.
I used to tease her about them.
Called it her peach fuzz.
It used to make her laugh.

If I could reach out
and stroke those little hairs
on the flight attendant's face
without totally freaking her out,

I'd close my eyes
and I'd do it right now.
I'd touch my mother's cheek
one more time." (Sones, 5)

After reading this book it reads to me like a diary, and I just got a journal as a present. I believe that we all tried to keep a dairy/journal at one point, but failed miserably. If you are still going to try, maybe the solution is to write in a poem form which may help. This novel seemed to show well with the set up, why won't it work for us?



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