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The Humanity Project (2013)

by Jean Thompson(Favorite Author)

3.29 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0399158715 (ISBN13: 9780399158711)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Blue Rider Press

review 1: This book involves honest characters with real problems. Linnea goes to live with her dad in Marin County, just north of San Francisco. She is shipped off after surviving a shooting at her high school. Her stepsister dies as a result of the tragedy, and her stepfather harbors resentment Linnea came out unscathed. Linnea's father, Art, teaches at a local community college. He's quirky, and set in his bachelor ways, but quickly learns to adjust to raising a teenage daughter. Their downstairs neighbor Christie, works for an elderly Mrs. Foster. Mrs. Foster is developing a new philanthropic endeavor that she wants Christie to run. Linnea, disraught and upset, finds companionship in a local boy, Conner, who finds piecemeal work at the Foster's home. Jean Thompson's cha... moreracters are easy to relate to, and have developed complex coping mechanisms to handle their unique situations. I found her storyline quirky and unique and I plowed through this book in record time.
review 2: This is not as good as her last book The Year We Left home, but I was absorbed and cared about the characters. Thompson almost purposely made them blander than they had to be. People have big personalities but don't go anywhere interesting with them. The Humanity Project itself is a bland take on charity, no one is excited or caring about helping. The book misses out on the message I think it was on the verge of telling. less

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