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Inconvenient (2010)

by Margie Gelbwasser(Favorite Author)

3.79 of 5 Votes: 3

languge

English

genre

Young Adult Fiction

publisher

Flux

review 1: A fuller review will follow. First thoughts: this was an excellent YA novel, characters with depth, feeling, and a vivid reality. Very well written.What bothered me about this book at first, seriously, were some of the details that set the background of location, because the fictional "Glenfair" is in fact the town where I actually live. I would still quarrel with some of these; for example, if Glenfair is "Little Moscow," as the author writes, it cannot be possible (and isn't) that these two are the only Russian girls in the sophomore class. Maybe 30 years ago, but not today.Once I decided to get over that foolishness and remind myself that this is Fiction,after all, I found it to be a well-written book with very true-to-life characters. The writing style at first seemed... more a bit off until I recognized it as exactly the way some of my former students, Russian- born, would speak and write, and I think it took great writing (and editing) skill to so that. This is an excellent book that deserves wide promotion to YA audiences.
review 2: This debut novel tells the story fo 15 year old Alyssa, a high school sophomore tyring to find and establish herself as she navigates many things in her life: her Russian Jewish heritage that is not shared by many in her small New Jersey town, her increasingly alcoholic mother, falling in love for the first time, and a changing relationship with her BFF who is also the only other Russian Jew in their high school class.This book is at times heartwarming and heartwrenching and is s strong tale of families and learning about yourself. The character of Alyssa grabs you from the beginning and doesnt let go and reminds you of events in your life as she just tries to be a teenager. I finsihed the book in less than two days because I could not put it down! less

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