Books by Blythe Woolston
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review 1: This book is told in alternating chapters, starting in the present, and then every other chapter starts from eleven years ago, and slowly counts back to now. Valley and her older brother Bo were raised off the grid by their father after their mother died suddenly. He picked up jo...
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review 1: This is an awesome story about death and the surviving family's coping mechanisms, while also interjecting short bits of info on physics, the favorite subject for Loa, the main character. She shows a quiet, understated grief for the dead sister she spent so much time caring for. ...
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review 1: Since I've been reading a lot of fantasy and romance, this was a stark change from my recent genres. It really jolted me into the character's reality and I spent a lot of time wondering about coping with a missing leg or eye and a lot of scar tissue. The cover and blurb made me t...
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review 1: Maybe it's because I never took Physics or I like books with a little more action, but this was not one of my favorite books. 16 year old Loa had a pretty normal life considering her baby sister Asta was diagnosed with a genetic disorder that would leave her a permanent infant. ...
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review 1: The Freak Observer is the story of Loa, a highschool girl, who has lost a lot in the ways of death and poverty. I didn't like this book. Way too many issues for 200 pages and none of them very well tackled. Too much death and horrible parents to boot in one little novel can ma...