Just gonna bump in real quick
When I was in elementary school, I was suggested this one book called "Listening for Lions". It was basically about this girl around 1918 who worked at a hospital to help people affected from the Spanish Flu at a hospital and taking care of children at a nursery, which sounds interesting, right? Surely this would be a huge tale describing the struggles people went through, the horrors of witnessing death in a real pandemic that happened, and the journey of maturing and seeing people for who they are and not by physical appearance, yes?
Yeah, no. Boring. Day to day stuff happens, but nothing too big. Oh, I'm pretty sure her dad died, but instead of giving us details from that they were all like "oh yeah my dad died, so now I'm all alone. That sucks, I guess. Anyways I stepped outside and went into the sun, and came back in because I wanted to." I swear, every time the author had an opportunity to start a plot they just ignore it and keep writing uninteresting, bland details that contribute hardly anything. Look, Where the Red Fern Grows was historical realistic fiction, but that was a good book. You know what WtRFG did? It had plot and elaborated on the main character's emotion! I've read books that perfectly depict raw emotion and make me want to read more but somehow Listening for Lions got a reward? Maybe I just remember it being more boring than it actually is but good grief.
When I was in elementary school, I was suggested this one book called "Listening for Lions". It was basically about this girl around 1918 who worked at a hospital to help people affected from the Spanish Flu at a hospital and taking care of children at a nursery, which sounds interesting, right? Surely this would be a huge tale describing the struggles people went through, the horrors of witnessing death in a real pandemic that happened, and the journey of maturing and seeing people for who they are and not by physical appearance, yes?
Yeah, no. Boring. Day to day stuff happens, but nothing too big. Oh, I'm pretty sure her dad died, but instead of giving us details from that they were all like "oh yeah my dad died, so now I'm all alone. That sucks, I guess. Anyways I stepped outside and went into the sun, and came back in because I wanted to." I swear, every time the author had an opportunity to start a plot they just ignore it and keep writing uninteresting, bland details that contribute hardly anything. Look, Where the Red Fern Grows was historical realistic fiction, but that was a good book. You know what WtRFG did? It had plot and elaborated on the main character's emotion! I've read books that perfectly depict raw emotion and make me want to read more but somehow Listening for Lions got a reward? Maybe I just remember it being more boring than it actually is but good grief.
Statistics: Posted by ClaratheBlaziken — Thu Mar 21, 2024 10:28 am — Replies 15 — Views 3463