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Wildlife Habitat Conservation: Concepts, Challenges, and Solutions

Michael L. Morrison and Heather A. Mathewson

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"Habitat" is probably the most common term in ecological research. Elementary school students are...

The Classification of Sex: Alfred Kinsey and the Organization of Knowledge

Donna J. Drucker

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Alfred C. Kinsey's revolutionary studies of human sexual behaviour are world-renowned. His...

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Atomine is a twin stick procedural shooter rogue-lite set in a virtual world with minimalist design,...

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The Company of Trees: A Year in a Lifetime's Quest

Thomas Pakenham

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'Thomas Pakenham could convert a property developer into a tree-hugger ...The book's photographs are...

Technologies for Livelihood Enhancement

V.L. Chopra

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Twenty five s in this book are grouped into six sections: o setting the stage: topics relevant to...

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Perfectly Preventable Deaths

Deirdre Sullivan | 2020 | Science Fiction/Fantasy, Young Adult (YA)

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The protagonist in this novel was Madeline, and the book is told from her perspective. Madeline is a very complex character, she is very introverted, lesbian, and socially awkward. Her twin sister, on the other hand, is the opposite. Catlin is the popular girl, she is extroverted, fearless and doesn’t care what others think. Madeline is very dependable on her twin sister, and her inability to function without her made me sad and kind of disappointed. I absolutely despised Catlin, she is arrogant and was very rude and disrespectful not only to her parents but to her sister as well. I wasn’t the biggest fan of Madeline as well, she allowed to be treated like she was a lowlife, and was scared to stand up for herself. I did enjoy Madeline’s discovery of whom she is really attracted to, and her effort to make friends and integrate into society.

The mood of this novel was very well set up. The whole book seeped with darkness, mystery and gloominess, and I think that created the perfect mood for the events described. The narrative was quite slow, and I was hoping for more mystery, twists and turns. I needed more suspense as well, it kind of just plodded along, sharing Madeline’s quite repetitive thoughts. There was quite a bit of magic involved, but I think the full potential of that magic was not utilized.

The writing style was very impressive, I found it incredibly poetic, very lyrical, and melodious. It was pleasant and easy to read, and the chapters were quite short. I really liked the names of each chapter, I learned a lot about the medicinal value of certain plants, that I will be using that in the future. The ending of this novel supposed to be promising, and it was quite intriguing, but again, it just made very little sense, and I would have loved a deeper digging into the history of the whole village, it’s residents and all the murders and other events that happened before.

I think this book had an amazing potential into becoming something absolutely sinister and amazing, instead, it concentrated more on the sisterly love, finding yourself and trying to be independent (and failing). Yes, it discussed teenage confusion and wish to fit in, but I was expecting more.