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On the Jellicoe Road
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I'm really overwhelmed writing this review as I don't know how to put into words what it is I'm feeling.
I am so happy that I took the time out to read On the Jellicoe Road.
I was a little puzzled with the story in the first few chapters but after I found my bearings, there was nothing to hold me back from devouring this book, and that's exactly what I did.
On the Jellicoe Road is a story about pain and loss, death and abandonment, friendship and love. It straps the reader in forcing you to feel every single emotion.
Taylor Markham is a girl who's mother abandoned her when she was eleven on the Jellicoe Road.
Now residing in a boarding school for troubled children. She becomes elected as leader in a game of territory wars played by the school, the townies and cadets.
With the disappearance of her only friend and guide Hannah, Taylor will stop at nothing to find her, and uncover the secrets of her own missing memories and past.
I really agree with many people that express how the Young-Adult audience may not fully appreciate how great of a book On the Jellicoe Road really is. Melina Marchetta writing skills are very articulate. It's a fantastically written book.
There's not anything I didn't like about this book. I thoroughly enjoyed the background story, as if I were reading it straight from the manuscript. The characters were well thought out and had me connected with each and every one of them.
The territory war games was a fantastic and unique idea! It reminded me of war - Minus the guns and explosives, everyone fighting over their land.
I have read this, I have devoured it. I have loved, cried and felt their pain.
I recommend this to all.
I am so happy that I took the time out to read On the Jellicoe Road.
I was a little puzzled with the story in the first few chapters but after I found my bearings, there was nothing to hold me back from devouring this book, and that's exactly what I did.
On the Jellicoe Road is a story about pain and loss, death and abandonment, friendship and love. It straps the reader in forcing you to feel every single emotion.
Taylor Markham is a girl who's mother abandoned her when she was eleven on the Jellicoe Road.
Now residing in a boarding school for troubled children. She becomes elected as leader in a game of territory wars played by the school, the townies and cadets.
With the disappearance of her only friend and guide Hannah, Taylor will stop at nothing to find her, and uncover the secrets of her own missing memories and past.
I really agree with many people that express how the Young-Adult audience may not fully appreciate how great of a book On the Jellicoe Road really is. Melina Marchetta writing skills are very articulate. It's a fantastically written book.
There's not anything I didn't like about this book. I thoroughly enjoyed the background story, as if I were reading it straight from the manuscript. The characters were well thought out and had me connected with each and every one of them.
The territory war games was a fantastic and unique idea! It reminded me of war - Minus the guns and explosives, everyone fighting over their land.
I have read this, I have devoured it. I have loved, cried and felt their pain.
I recommend this to all.
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“It's funny how you can forget everything except people loving you. Maybe that's why humans find it so hard getting over love affairs. It's not the pain they're getting over, it's the love.”
― On the Jellicoe Road
― On the Jellicoe Road
“But grief makes a monster out of us sometimes . . . and sometimes you say and do things to the people you love that you can't forgive yourself for.”
― On the Jellicoe Road
― On the Jellicoe Road
“My father took one hundred and thirty-two minutes to die.
I counted.
It happened on the Jellicoe Road. The prettiest road I’d ever seen, where trees made breezy canopies like a tunnel to Shangri-La. We were going to the ocean, hundreds of miles away, because I wanted to see the ocean and my father said that it was about time the four of us made that journey. I remember asking, 'What’s the difference between a trip and a journey?' and my father said, 'Narnie, my love, when we get there, you’ll understand,' and that was the last thing he ever said.”
― On the Jellicoe Road
I counted.
It happened on the Jellicoe Road. The prettiest road I’d ever seen, where trees made breezy canopies like a tunnel to Shangri-La. We were going to the ocean, hundreds of miles away, because I wanted to see the ocean and my father said that it was about time the four of us made that journey. I remember asking, 'What’s the difference between a trip and a journey?' and my father said, 'Narnie, my love, when we get there, you’ll understand,' and that was the last thing he ever said.”
― On the Jellicoe Road
“If I want more, I need to go and get it, demand it, take hold of it with all my might, and do the best I can with it.”
― On the Jellicoe Road
― On the Jellicoe Road
“What are you so sad about? We're going to know him for the rest of our lives.”
― On the Jellicoe Road
― On the Jellicoe Road
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Nov 05, 2013 09:47AM
Great review Imy! :)
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Brandi wrote: "Great review Imy! :)"Thanks Brandi! x
