So if you pay attention to when I post these reviews you would notice that I am posting this review only two days after the last one. Yep that's right. It only took me one day to finish this book, and one day to get around writing the review. I checked it out from the library the other morning and picked it up Friday night. I read until eleven thirty and then work up this Saturday and read for two hours and I was done. It really wasn't a hard read. In fact it was a very very very easy read. I posted in my last review that Brave New World was an easy read, and compared to Brave New World this book is children's play. Honestly this book is really easy.
But don't get me wrong! Just because it was easy doesn't mean it wasn't good! I thoroughly enjoyed the book. It was an easy read that took you away from where you were. It was like a tinny vacation in a book.
Ginny receives a letter from her aunt, who ran away two years ago. Her family hasn't heard a word from her, and then one day out of the blue a little blue envelope comes in the mail. It tells Ginny to go to New York and there she will receive more instructions. Once in New York she is given a thick manila envelope with 12 little blue envelopes. Each letter contains a task from her aunt to complete. The letters lead Ginny on a wild adventure around Europe. A colorful parade of characters marches through out the rest of the book. Ginny breaks out of her bubble and meets new people. And of course like most teen novels, actually just novels in general, there is a love story. It is just another stereotypical teen book.
Something is to be said about those teen novel though. Most teen novels that are published today are honestly excrement. Paranormal Teen Romance? Fantasy up the wazoo? Really is that what the future leaders of this country should be reading? No not at all. Now don't get me wrong this book and many others are proof that I often pick up teen lit for a little light reading, but please steer clear of all the awful out there.
I have already said this but it is so true. This book was like a vacation. It was written well enough that I was taken somewhere else and allowed to live in someone else's shoes for a while. The book took me on a clear trip to some of Europe's major cities. The romance wasn't weird. The story line wasn't weird. The characters although corky were not weird. This book is a good teen lit. This book is the kind of book that future leaders of the world should be reading, not the gawd awful other stuff. So if you need to indulge yourself and go on a vacation without actually leaving your bed I would recommend picking up this book. If you like cute, happy ends, and characters who figure out their lives in a few short weeks then crack it open. If you want something more challenging then this might not be the book for you, but remember the title and save it for a rainy day.
Lindsey
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