Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta

Jellicoe Road

by Melina Marchetta

Abandoned by her drug-addicted mother at the age of eleven, high school student Taylor Markham struggles with her identity and family history at a boarding school in Australia.

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3.75 stars

I really loved this book. I'd heard going in that the first 100 pages or so are confusing, but the writing was so beautiful and entrancing that I didn't mind at all. The story feels carefully woven and every single character feels real. If you enjoy group dynamics similar to The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater, you'll like the relationships in this book. And the story is so very clever. Every little thread of the story is connected, and you don't get the full picture until the end.

Suffice it to say, this book definitely deserves the praise it gets.

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