Snowblind

Unfortunately, this book was not my cup of tea. Several things about it annoyed me, including everything about the nine year old Melanie, Shawn's way of speaking without contractions, and the fact that his actions didn't make sense to me. He avoided contact with other people, but then for some unknown reason accepted the friendship of the most annoying child of all time quite quickly. There were several times that their conversations veered off in crazy directions that completely lost me. I imagined that if I were with them in reality, I'd just be staring blankly at them wondering what the fuck they were smoking. I also found much of the book (the whole drive to Kansas) to be boring.

All that said, I didn't hate the book, and found some of the sarcastic dialogue to be humorous. I also learned more than I typically learn from reading fiction (I'll never think of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz the same again), so that was a nice change. It has left me rather depressed, though, so I'm off to read some light and fluffy porn!