![]() ![]() ![]() The characters and their stories are so vivid and well developed, and even if some of them are terrible people, I had no problem getting into their heads and understanding their struggles.īut why did I pick up a contemporary teen book in the first place?įirst, this story set in Saudi Arabia. And that’s puzzling – I usually have no trouble at all relating to characters with vastly different life experiences, but there is something about contemporary teen books that just doesn’t work for me for reasons I can’t entirely explain. Historical? Sure! Fantasy or sci fi? Perfect! But contemporary? For some reason, I find it hard to relate to the characters as I feel the problems and challenges I was facing at that age were quite different. I’m normally not into contemporary realistic teen stories. And yet, I was so immersed in the story that I stayed up late at night reading, and, more shockingly, I got up early to squeeze in an hour or two of reading before going to work. What is happening? Why am I reading a contemporary teen drama? And why am I enjoying it so much? ![]()
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