In the book How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff, the main character, Daisy, was kicked out of her house by her dad, and sent to live with her aunt and cousins in London. The book doesn't say exactly why he kicked her out, but I think it has something to do with his fiance and her not getting along.
I'm not far along enough in the book to have any really deep connections or thoughts about this book, but I can tell that something is up with Daisy's cousins.
First of all, it seems that her cousin, Edmond, can read her mind. One example is when she first arrives in London, she is thinking all these thoughts about what is different about London like the fact that her 14 year old cousin is driving and smoking. Then, he looks at her and says, "you'll get used to it." She's a little weirded out by this and it happens constantly throughout the book.
Another strange thing about this family she's living with, is that their mother is not around most of the time. She just leaves her young children home alone. This gives he children time to learn how to basically fend for themselves and entertain themselves. The youngest one, a girl, automatically loves Daisy and is caring for her as if she were her mother, even though she's like 9 or something. All the children are so sophisticated for their age; speaking like they're twice as old as they really are. All the children are also home schooled, except for Osbert, but their mother is barley even home.
Something else I find kind of weird about this family, is their house. Their house is huge, falling apart, and beautiful. They also keep a lot of animals. But they don't really keep the animals for purpose... is that weird? They just have random goats and stuff walking around.
In conclusion, I feel like something is up with this family. The kids are strange, the mother is never around, and they have animals wandering all over thier land. Also, Daisy has never met this part of her family before. Is there a reason for that? Are they hiding something from her?
I can't wait to read more and find out what'll happen!!
I really like how you think and talk about different things throughout the book instead of just focusing on one topic (all of the aspects of the weird family).
ReplyDeleteIt's interesting not only to see conclusions but rather thoughts. I also like the way it's structured. You tell the reader what you're going to tell them, tell them and sum it up.
ReplyDeleteThis seems pretty interesting, it kind of makes me want to read the book just to see what actually happens. I like the way you tell us about everything that intrigues you about the book, it really helps us see just what you're thinking.
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