I so wanted to review Mitali Perkins' Secret Keeper, a copy of which I received thanks to the author herself (I believe) some time ago. I read it over the weekend, when I was sick, and it kept me engaged and occupied (actually, it had me riveted!) as well as keeping my mind off of my increasingly nasty cold. So all is good.
But (you knew there would be a but) I should have reviewed it Monday. The week has intervened, a week full of committee meetings and class meetings and financial aid forms (not to mention tax forms) and recovery, and I just completely lost momentum.
So I'll leave you not with a review but with a question: is it a happy ending if the main character gets one thing she wants by giving up another? I am still struggling with the ending of this novel, which strikes me as more realistic than the endings of many children's and YA novels (but especially children's). There's just not a smidge of wish-fulfillment in it that I can see--tough choices and some significant pain, rather. But, still, (or, maybe, therefore?) it troubled me.
Do read it. I'd love to talk about it further, and maybe then I can write a real review.
Friday, February 27, 2009
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I didn't think the ending was a HEA, but I thought it was hopeful. I really loved this book and that it took the turn that it did. :)
ReplyDeleteYes, Amy, I agree--but I was disturbed by the turn it took even as I thought it was probably the "right" one for the time & the characters.
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