I finished reading/listening to Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata just a couple of days ago and this is about all I can say about it:
It’s hard to honestly critique a book that deals
with the death of a young person. To be
honest though, the book moved very slowly for me, had way too much detail, and had
me screaming, “get to the point, get to the point!” To
start off with, the cover leaves much to be desires. For a title that means “glitter” in Japanese,
I would think the cover should have had a picture of the California ocean, with
the sun’s reflection glittering off the surface of the water. But the cover says a lot about the contents
of the book for me… “blah!” And again I
feel bad saying that because it obviously contains points that are relevant to
SOMEONE’s life and it’s interesting but not necessarily entertaining. Now, when the author began to talk about Lynn’s
illness and how Katie dealt with that, well that for me is where the story
really began. I don’t know what type of
student I would recommend this book to.
It’s definitely not for boys and it would take a student with a deep
compassion and empathy to read and enjoy the worth of this book. Because it is a valuable story and narrative
of the sadness that this life offers and the choice we have to be happy or
not.
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