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** spoiler alert ** The Vanishing of Katharina Linden was a page-turner and I liked the integration of German words in the text. I liked the overall story and could not predict the twist at the end. I also loved the setting and Grant really painted a detailed picture of Bad Munsterfield. However, the characters were a little underdeveloped and I was left with some unanswered questions at the end. Pia kept mentioning Stephan's lack of social skills but this was never demonstrated. What made him so antisocial and unpopular around his classmates? He seemed like a completely confident and normal teenager throughout the entire book, and it was clear that Grant just coined him as a "fellow reject" so that he could fit in with Pia. I think it would have been more interesting if she explored the issue of his struggle with unpopularity. I understand that his father was an alcoholic but that wasn't a convincing enough reason for such a normal teenager to be the most "unpopular boy in school." Why didn't Herr Schiller ever go after Pia? Why did he leave her and Stephan unharmed? Also, did anyone find Pia's mom to be the most interesting character in the book? I found the tension between the English mom and the German dad very intriguing and I wish we learned a little more about their history and what sparked the relationship. The difference in Pia's parents' customs is clearly a theme, and I wish Grant pushed more out of it. I was much more moved by their separation than by the death of the girls and I'm not sure that was the author's intention. I liked this book enough to give Helen Grant another chance. I realize that this is her first book and I'm confident the next one will be better.
Marcelo in the Read World reminded me a tad bit of Flowers for Algernon. However a few more pages in, it did seem to be the appropriate. And then it hit me—technically the book gave it away—Forest Gump. It was the tone of the novel, the actions that Marcelo partaken in that reminded me so much of it. The writing style was stark, crude, and in-your-face. Right from the gecko the reader jumps into the novel. You tend to get lost when introduced to a new character as the author writes as if he expects you to know them already. Directly from Marcelo’s point of view you get a close understand to everyday struggles to the most common aspects. His confusion to simple phrases and words, trying to grasp the meaning through his own thought pattern. I guess in terms of liking it or not, I am somewhere in the middle. The beginning and end was great but the middle dragged and was heavy in the law aspect. I had to read on and off to keep a slight interest. Overall: An interesting read to say the less.
this was a really good book I gave it 4 stars because I didn't like the swearing and teenage situations in it! I would say this is an adult book!