How to resolve AdBlock issue?
X
Review Detail
The Good Sister
Featured
Young Adult Fiction
1521
Incredibly beautiful and heartbreaking
Overall rating
5.0
Plot
5.0
Characters
5.0
Writing Style
5.0
Is there any better way to close out one year and begin another than by crying hysterically over characters in a fictional book?
No. I can’t think of one.
The Good Sister has just set the mood for every other book I will read in 2016. I was pretty late to the party for this one, but I’m forever grateful I gave it a chance.
Sarah. Rachel. Asha.
3 sisters more alike than they’d probably care to admit.
2 of them consumed with guilt in very different ways, and the other hopelessly lost in a sea of grief.
Each of them there for each other in a way that only siblings can be.
An emotional roller coaster of a novel.
I loved the small town California setting. The little hippie village. The beach and the forest. I loved Sin and Krishna and the girls’ dad. I hated the mother.
I got caught up in the hauntingly lyrical writing and Sarah’s heartbreaking poems from the afterlife.
Oh, god, I cried. I wept and blubbered all over this beautiful paperback. These 2 young girls just lost a vital part of their life and now they’re attempting to live in a world without the glue to their sisterhood. Reminiscent of The Sky is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson, that’s how hard this book hit me. I never wanted it to end.
The adult part of me, the one that doesn’t consider coloring a productive past time, couldn’t get over the lack of parental supervision. Is this seriously how hippies are with their kids?! I wanted to knock some sense into their mother and protect Asha from the world.
Incredibly beautiful and heartbreaking, The Good Sister is a painful reality of losing a loved one.
No. I can’t think of one.
The Good Sister has just set the mood for every other book I will read in 2016. I was pretty late to the party for this one, but I’m forever grateful I gave it a chance.
Sarah. Rachel. Asha.
3 sisters more alike than they’d probably care to admit.
2 of them consumed with guilt in very different ways, and the other hopelessly lost in a sea of grief.
Each of them there for each other in a way that only siblings can be.
An emotional roller coaster of a novel.
I loved the small town California setting. The little hippie village. The beach and the forest. I loved Sin and Krishna and the girls’ dad. I hated the mother.
I got caught up in the hauntingly lyrical writing and Sarah’s heartbreaking poems from the afterlife.
Oh, god, I cried. I wept and blubbered all over this beautiful paperback. These 2 young girls just lost a vital part of their life and now they’re attempting to live in a world without the glue to their sisterhood. Reminiscent of The Sky is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson, that’s how hard this book hit me. I never wanted it to end.
The adult part of me, the one that doesn’t consider coloring a productive past time, couldn’t get over the lack of parental supervision. Is this seriously how hippies are with their kids?! I wanted to knock some sense into their mother and protect Asha from the world.
Incredibly beautiful and heartbreaking, The Good Sister is a painful reality of losing a loved one.
Comments
Already have an account? Log in now or Create an account
Powered by JReviews
How to resolve AdBlock issue?
X
FEATURED GIVEAWAYS
Giveaway: Happily Ever Afters (Elise Bryant) ~ (US Only)
Happily Ever Afters (US Only) by: Elise Bryant Release Date: January 5th, 2021 Publisher: Harpercollins Children's Books/Balzer + Bray About the Book: Jane the Virgin meets To All...
Posted in News & Updates
Author Chat with Amanda Hocking (The Ever After), Plus Giveaway! ~ (US Only)
Today we're excited to chat with Amanda Hocking author of The Ever After. Read on for more about Amanda and her book, plus a giveaway! Meet Amanda Hocking ! AMANDA HOCKING ...
Posted in News & Updates
Author Of The Week: Author Chat with Alexandra Bracken (Lore), Plus Giveaway! ~ (US Only)
Welcome to our weekly special feature post, Author Of The Week !! Each week we will be interviewing a different YA author and highlighting their upcoming release! We will also be hosting a givea...
Posted in News & Updates
Exclusive Trailer Reveal: Those Who Prey (Jennifer Moffett), Plus Giveaway! ~ (US Only)
Today we're excited to share the book trailer for Those Who Prey (Jennifer Moffett) ! Read on for more about Jennifer, and her book, plus the trailer & giveaway! Meet Jennifer Moffet...
Posted in News & Updates
Author Of The Week: Author Chat with Karen McManus (The Cousins), Plus Giveaway! ~ (US Only)
Welcome to our weekly special feature post, Author Of The Week !! Each week we will be interviewing a different YA author and highlighting their upcoming release! We will also be hosting a givea...
Posted in News & Updates
Indie Superstars with the Author of Born Royal + Giveaway (International)
Welcome to YA Books Central's "Indie Superstars" column. This event will spotlight the best and brightest of the indie community. You don’t want to miss out on these talented ...
Posted in News & Updates
Latest Book Listings Added
A gentle metaphor for understanding and processing anxiety and sadness....
Angsty teenager Mary Shelley is not interested in carrying on...
Every book you’ve ever read. Every story you’ve ever ...
In this riveting, keenly emotional debut fantasy, a Black teen...
Clark thought he knew what grief was. Addie thought...
A gorgeously illustrated collection of twelve “lush and deliciously...
Latest Member Reviews
"Reader reviewed by Iryna Emily needs a change of scenery. Shes been pegged as the arty girl by the..."
"Reader reviewed by Sara Title: Black Rabbit SummerAuthor: Kevin BrooksPublisher: Chicken House (Scholastic)Date Published: 2008Genre: Young AdultMain Themes: Missing persons,..."
"Reader reviewed by stephanie Same Difference is a very good book. It talks about friendship, love and relationships in..."
"Reader reviewed by c-alexis This novel presented a friendship that is not like your typical girl friendships- you know, the..."
"Reader reviewed by stephanie Ruby is finally turning sixteen and all she wants is to overdose on ice cream cake,..."
"Reader reviewed by Tasha All Ruby plans on doing for her sixteenth birthday is indulge in ice cream cake, take..."
"Reader reviewed by jocelyn A Little Friendly Advice, Siobhan Vivians fantastic debut novel, is blurbed on the back cover by..."
"Reader reviewed by the book muncher For Ruby, her friends are like her lifeline. First, theres Beth, the girl who..."
"Reader reviewed by Chelsea, 2008 Teen Demi-Goddess Ruby's best friend Beth has always been there for her, offering a shoulder..."