Genres it fits into- Magic, Romance, Mystery, Young Adult
Set in the town of Bone Gap, Illinois, this book has been
classified into the magic-realism genre. The main concept of this book is
perspective. It deals with the concept of face-blindness (one I’ve never heard
of) which is interesting as well as intriguing.
Finn O’Sullivan, the protagonist resides in the city of Bone
Gap and is thought be a little ‘spacey’ and out of touch with reality. He lives
with his older brother Sean. One day, a very bright, beautiful girl named Roza
appears at their place and all the people of Bone Gap come to love her in a
very short time. However, after a little happy time together, she disappears as
mysteriously as she appeared. According to Finn she was kidnapped and he’s the
only witness. His reputation for being delusional causes everybody to distrust
him and even suspect him of the kidnapping. Can Finn prove his innocence? Does Roza
ever return? Will the O’Sullivan boys who have been so used to people leaving
them ever be able to find true love? That is what forms the rest of the story.
This book definitely makes for an interesting read. It was
nominated for the National Award for Young People’s Literature, so it is a
biggie. The author Laura Ruby is known for her unique content (a little bit of
online research told me so). This is the first book of hers that I’ve read.
According to me, the book is no page-turner, meaning it didn’t keep me at the
edge of my seat. It wasn’t even supposed to actually. It was more of a romance
than a thriller but I was not once bored as long as I read the book. So this
book would make for a really good one-time read. I can assure you that by the
end of the book you’ll feel all positive and happy and good inside. This is
definitely not one of those tragedies, which would keep you up all night
wondering if there was any way you could make the author change his or her
mind. On a scale of 1 to 5 I’d give it a 4.
P.S.: God, I’m really bad at reviewing stuff. All I think in
my mind is, if you want to read it, read it, if you don’t want to, don’t. I
wonder if that makes any sense at all. I’ll be back with more reviews though.
:P Stay tuned.
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