This book was like working a 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle without the image on the box. Once a few pieces are fitted together, the whole thing comes together into one unexpected, beautiful image.
Not your typical young adult novel, and confusing in the beginning. But eventually really interesting. The characters are all so engaging, well not all. I hated Taylor for quite a while. She had no compassion and was so full of self-pity and she was petulant and I didn't like her at all. But in time the other characters humanized her.
[a:Melinda Marchetta|47104|Melina Marchetta|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1277655889p2/47104.jpg]'s book tells a story with awful things in it, but she doesn't make it horrible to read or ugly. It's very real and honest without reveling in the darkness and becoming wholly unbearable. The thing I loved the most, the thing that stayed with me, is how full of love [b:Jellicoe Road|1162022|On the Jellicoe Road|Melina Marchetta|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1212708945l/1162022._SY75_.jpg|6479100] is. Really interesting.