tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890387.post2152009071659168618..comments2023-12-25T00:38:19.500-08:00Comments on Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): The Unfavorite TwinSarah Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16534942492714970282noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890387.post-10820699239001718742006-04-02T11:41:00.000-07:002006-04-02T11:41:00.000-07:00Interestingly,I was both entranced with and annoye...Interestingly,I was both entranced with and annoyed by the novel when I first read it in my late teens. Initially I <i>loathed</i> the title - I couldn't figure out why anyone had to be "hated," and I hated how the author had created the sister and it seemed that a whole lot of things were just set up to cause one sister to be a victim. A second, more recent reading definitely fleshed out to me the beautiful scenery, the subtle power plays within the family, the illicit longing for the older-man relationship, etc., but I felt like the novel was almost not YA. It was almost too... <i>still</i> of a novel for me when I first read it, and though the stillness was bearable the second time through, I realized that so much goes on in the mental landscape that the reader has the feeling of being suspended in amber with the character. As a literary device, that was <i>quite</i> effective - you easily get the idea that nothing changes in this town, and that life and time moves far too slowly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com