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Vibha Gupta vibs — "'What do you mean?' said Frankie. 'Oh, good God, Frankie,' said Gordana, turning around from the balcony doors, a sudden heaving thundercloud. 'You know what I man. The Freak-Out gene. You have it. Ma has it. You're exactly like Ma. You freak out at things. You know you do.' She reached across the bed and pulled the light cord that hung from the ceiling; instantly the bedroom lit up like a fairground. Frankie squinted in the brightness and drew back from Gordana, who seemed larger now, looming before him, her eyes firing, pink spots burning on her cheeks. So, thought Frankie. She had said it. It was out, in the bedroom with them, a stealthy demon whose presence he'd been trying so hard to ignore. He had always known it, he supposed. It had been there always, alongside the rodent snarling, the knowledge that Louie and Gordana were like Uncle George - bold and carefree, fearless, joyous. And he was like Ma; he was timorous and beset, a hostage to dark imaginings, cowering somehow, waiting always for the chopper.' I'm beginning to think there must be something in the water of Austrailia and New Zealand, which infuses YA authors from those countries with magical powers. Sonya Hartnett, Melina Marchetta, and now Kate de Goldi: all authors who tell intricate, powerful stories, with amazing technical skill. In this novel, 12-year old Frankie lives in New Zealand with his family, themselves an odd cast of characters: his father (whom everyone calls Uncle George), his older sister Gordana, his older brother Louie (who now lives on his own), and his mother, who has not left the house for as long as Frankie can remember. Their house is also visited by Frankie's three aunts on a regular basis, as well as Frankie's best friend, Gigs. Frankie's life is taken up by the usual concerns - school, cricket scores, managing as the youngest sibling in his house - until a new girl, Sydeny, enters his class, and begins to become a closer friend to Gigs and Frankie. Sydney's mother has moved her family around a lot, and there is a dark backstory in that house, but Sydney's very presence, and her way of facing problems head-on, asking tons of questions, forces Frankie to look more closely at his own home life, and the reasons why he is the way he is, and why his mother never goes outside. On the surface, not a lot happens in this book. There is no major action, and the characters all remain in basically the same places (except for Sydney, who moves) as they began the novel. Still, de Goldi creates such a rich story surrounding Frankie's family, that I was immediately taken in, and wrapped up in what they were doing. The novel moves slowly, particularly in the first few chapters, but de Goldi crafts such lush descriptions, and beautiful sentences, that I probably took twice as long reading it as I normally would have, simply because I kept going back and rereading passages. This is a beautiful novel, and it deserves to be read in a classroom. However, it's not like many other YA titles; for one, there is a much greater reliance on description than dialogue, which makes the novel move at a more leisurely pace. And the countless references to locations and elements of life in New Zealand would certainly confuse American readers (as they did to me), at least without some sort of primer on the country. But for examples of style and tone alone, I could imagine teachers pulling excerpts out of this book, to show to their students.

Matts Van mattsie4726 — This coming of age classic has been on my TBR list for a long time. I think it's well written and that it does a great job of delving into the emotions of a teenage girl. Unfortunately, the emotions are almost all bitter and angry and by the end of the book I felt bitter too.

Mat Rick matrickphoto — Lermontov is known to all Russian speakers, but basically unknown to the rest of the world. He's like the FOIL of Pushkin. Where Pushkin was understanding, Lermontov was solitary, where Pushkin loved, Lermontov hated. The poetry is master work, I'm not sure however if it's ever any good in English, I've never read it in English, so... whatever. If you like Russia and consider yourself a Russophile, you should know who this is and have read him.

Mariana Ozaki mariozaki — I liked the book overall. I really liked how Riggs blended the photos into the story. Overall it was a fast read that offers mystery along the way.

Lindsay Brillson lbrillson — Very uniquely done mystery. While not humerous, per se, quite a few parts (actually, I think it was just certain sentences and statements) made me laugh out loud. Interesting characters and character development...she really does put a whole new twist on the detective novel genre. I'm looking forward to reading more of Atkinson's novels.