That is the only thing mentioned about her personality! Other utterly flat character: Tay. I don't know what she likes, who she is, what she looks like, apart from the fact she loves to draw cartoons. The main character, Maxie, was as flat as a piece of paper. They were anonymous to me, completely unreal and unbelievable. It seems to me that the author's editor asked her to write more descriptions or something, and that she added them at random.Īlso, there seemed to be no character development at all, and even less descriptions of the characters.
I was really annoyed, because this occured so many times.
I know the main character is an artist, but I swear, when you're having a huge argument with your best friend, you will definitely not stop to look at a robin fly through the air, and how his feathers clash with the bright blue sky.
Sadly, as I read on, I got more and more frustrated.įirst of all, I was irked by the random describing at the most dramatic times. It sounded promising this, coupled with the fact that many minor characters were gay, drew me into the story at first. It started out seeming promising, though rather cliché: a guy comes back to high school, meeting his best friend from grade school again, with whom he'd lost touch since a mysterious incident in middle school. In fact, there wasn't much good in this book. Reading this book passed the time, but I can't say I liked it or felt more elevated after reading. I picked this really short novel up at the library because I was dumped there for 5 hours after school yesterday. I highly recommend this novel, partly because of the interspersed cartoons and hints of humor that modify the extremely heavy subjects of the novel. She writes tight and on task, as she tackles issues of racism, homosexuality, bullying, love, fear, child abuse, and the value of art. Schmatz packs a lot into less than 200 pages. But Rick Nash pushes all of Maxie's buttons: she fears him, finds she likes him, wants to be his friend, and then wonders about a love relationship with him. Then in Maxie's world, there is her cousin Sean who loves Dexter, a black football star who is black and her best friend Tay, who seems to be going off track, leaving Maxie confused. The weekly dinner at her Grandparents' farm.The coming together of her family which has had to cope with a variety of situations, such as her gay uncles, a child who became a father in 9th grade, a single mother, a racially mixed child. Maxie doesn't know quite how to deal with this, but she must since he is her chemistry lab partner.īut the soul of this story is the intricate construct of her family. Back then he was "Roddy" but now he goes by Rick. Maxie is in high school now, when her 6th grade childhood friend returns. What a joy, and yet mind engaging, book this is.
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