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The Girl Who Could Fly by Victoria Forester
4.0
When I first read this book, I LOVED it.
Stephanie Meyer (??) had it extremely right in the quote on the front of my copy when she called it a mix between Little House on the Prairie and X-Men. The only thing missing is that it's got a liberal dash of fairy-tale cuteness stirred in.
When I was younger, the fact that kindness could almost be a superpower really struck me. It was a new concept. I had never thought of anything that way before. She can fly, but Piper's positivity and open-heartedness are what really drive the heart of this book. I love her and Conrad's dynamic, and Conrad as his own character is fabulous too.
On this re-read, I'm sad to say it doesn't hold up as well as I hoped.
When I was a kid I felt like this book straight up knocked me flat on my back. Now, the simple story and lack of realism does take a little bit of the shine off, but I'm keeping the rating because it reflects my opinion when I was closer to the book's target audience. I still think that Conrad and Dr. Hellion are extremely well-done, complex characters for the type of book this is, and that the message is a powerful one. (And easier to swallow here than from Pollyanna.)
Stephanie Meyer (??) had it extremely right in the quote on the front of my copy when she called it a mix between Little House on the Prairie and X-Men. The only thing missing is that it's got a liberal dash of fairy-tale cuteness stirred in.
When I was younger, the fact that kindness could almost be a superpower really struck me. It was a new concept. I had never thought of anything that way before. She can fly, but Piper's positivity and open-heartedness are what really drive the heart of this book. I love her and Conrad's dynamic, and Conrad as his own character is fabulous too.
On this re-read, I'm sad to say it doesn't hold up as well as I hoped.
When I was a kid I felt like this book straight up knocked me flat on my back. Now, the simple story and lack of realism does take a little bit of the shine off, but I'm keeping the rating because it reflects my opinion when I was closer to the book's target audience. I still think that Conrad and Dr. Hellion are extremely well-done, complex characters for the type of book this is, and that the message is a powerful one. (And easier to swallow here than from Pollyanna.)