Waiting for Normal

Srishti Ghosh

L.A/3^rd Period

10-3-10

Author Writing Style Reflection (no specific pages)

Waiting for Normal

By: Leslie Connor

Although the story fills with detail and I can feel the way the characters might feel, I do not like her style of writing because at the end of the chapter no hook appears for the next chapter and I’m more motivated to read when I feel like I need to know what happens next. Usually at the end of the chapter I’m bored and want to put the book down. I didn’t enjoy the fact that the back cover had been replaced by praises instead of a basic idea of what happens in the story. This brings me back, once again to no hook. In fact I probably wouldn’t have read the book if my mom hadn’t bought it for me and asked me to read it. Could it possibly be the fact that I am maybe reading it “wrong” (notice in quotations please). Could the book possibly be too easy for me? (I’m not trying to sound conceited.) Would I like it better if I read it at 10? I predict if I gave to someone younger than me they will enjoy it more than me. I predict Addison , the main character will somehow convince her mother not to wear the “ugly” dress her mom bought her for the concert because it seems like a very significant event considering how much Collins have spoken about it. I wonder how this event affects the story. I will not be recommending this book to anyone.