I
remember reading this book right when it came out a few years ago, but while
reading through the other blogs I was wondering if I would have had a different
take on this novel reading it at an older age.
As I was re-reading this novel, I discovered many new things that didn’t
catch my attention the first time; maybe because I am older now. I love how this book reads very quickly for a
chapter book; the words are not difficult to comprehend which makes this a
perfect read for any young adult. With
summer right around the corner, it made me so excited and also allowed me to
reminisce on my prior summers. What
makes this novel so great is the intense imagery and summer feeling. As I am reading this novel, I can feel the
sand on the beach, I can smell the ocean water and hear the waves, it is that
intense! Not to mention the cover of
this book is very simple yet shows the perfect summer scene. I really like the main character in this
novel, Anna. She is your typical teenage
girl. Throughout the novel you see her
transform as a person and change from this little teenage girl to someone who
has grown up and matured. The only issue
that I see with this novel, and although not a bad thing, is that the plot was
perfect and nothing ever went wrong, kind of like a fairy tale. Additionally, there were parts that were very
predictable. When I read this a few
years ago I never saw this as a problem and I really liked how perfect the plot
was, but now that I am older and I realize that not everything goes smoothly I
find stories like this to be a tad cliché.
Overall, I really enjoyed this novel and I am glad that I was able to
read it for a second time and acquire a more mature perspective from this
novel.
Dalton, Michelle. Sixteenth Summer. New York: Simon Pulse, 2011. Print.
Chirstina. "Book Review: Sixteenth Summer by Michelle Dalton." Weblog post. Confessions of a Book Addict, 2 May 2011. Web.
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