Plot: when cousins Meline and Jocelyn are suddenly orphaned by a tragic train wreck in Zimbabwe, they are both sent to live with their rich and quirky uncle where he lives on a island. Frankly, he doesn't know what to do with them, so the two girls don't exactly thrive. This is their story of mourning, family ties, and denial.
Comments: this is definitely not an ordinary book. It switches viewpoints, which is sometimes confusing, but only because I never look at the title (which clearly states the chapter's viewpoint). I thought it started kind of slowly, with a lot of background information and flashbacks. It started getting a little bit tedious. I guess with this story, the plot never really started. It's like the whole book I was wondering to myself when the book was going to actually start. It kind of wanders and ambles and never really gets anywhere. At the end of the book, I felt surprised. How can a story end without ever beginning?
It's hard to say whether or not I liked the characters. At first I thought I would like Meline, because she was more of a regular girl than Jocelyn, the prim, proper young lady. The uncle was endearingly absentminded, but very queer. But as the story progressed (or didn't), the plot was distorted and everything was like a mad caper down a spinning hallway. Everyone was going crazy and I had a hard time reading. It was all very confusing.
Rating: I rate this book a five and a half out of ten. It was too confusing and didn't make any sense, in a bad way (sometimes it's a good thing).
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