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Title: The Incredible Adventures of Cinnamon Girl
Author: Melissa Keil
Narrator: Roshelle Fong
Format: Unabridged
Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
Language: English
Release date: 10-18-17
Publisher: Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd
Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes
Genres: Teens, Fiction & Literature
Publisher's Summary:
Seventeen-year-old Alba is an aspiring comic book artist, pastry enthusiast and eternal optimist. She thinks life in her tiny town is awesome (if predictable), and she never wants it to change. Unfortunately Alba's just finished year 12 - so the only thing she can predict is that everything's going to change. Even so, Alba didn't see the end of the world coming. Apart from a questionable television psychic, no one did. And for some reason, the world seems to be taking this guy seriously.
As the tiny town is besieged by doomsday enthusiasts, Alba's life is thrown into chaos. The childhood friend she thought was gone forever unexpectedly reappears; the boy who has been her best friend forever is determined to leave; and even her latest comic book creation, Cinnamon Girl, is out of control. It could be the very last summer of Alba's life, but impending Armageddon might turn out to be the least of her problems. Alba is about to discover that when it comes to her heart, there may not be infinite time to get things right....
Members Reviews:
Unique, Nerdy, and Australian
Alba has graduated from high school. Now it's her last summer with her friends, who are all moving away. But Alba doesn't want to go. She wants everything to stay the same. And then, the weirdos start showing up in her town claiming that the world is about to end and only this town will survive.
I'm definitely not the right audience for this book. But, I'm sure high school students everywhere will be happy to have a protagonist who is thoroughly confused, and possibly terrified, about what's next after high school. There are lots of things that I liked about Cinnamon Girl, but all that "What am I doing with my life?" got really old for me.
Things I Liked -
* It's really really Australian. They have Christmas in the summer! And there was lots of great Aussie slang. It totally captured regular life in small-town Australia.... not that I've ever been there, but it just felt accurate.
* Alba is a Real Girl. She isn't some skinny-mini, fashionista. Alba has her own interests and personal style. She's a real girl. Yay for real girls!
* Alba is a nerd. She's into comics and drawing and baking. Alba is smart, and her dialogue is witty and full of comic book references.
* The last 50 pages were intense. They kind of snuck up on me. I was surprised at how invested I had become in these characters.
Things I Disliked -
* It's normal Realistic Fiction. From the cover and title, I was expecting more elements of fantasy or sci-fi. But, no.
* The build-up was slow and tedious. All that character development and internal conflict just about killed me. Can we get some plot in the first half please?!
* So much angst! I'm definitely not the target audience...
*** Disclosure: I was provided a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review ***
Excellent, authentic YA
I received a copy of this book through Net Galley.
"It's way too much pressure, choosing someone, having someone else's life and whatnot mashed in with yours, when you don't even know what you're doing with your own stuff."
I started out think this book was charming and fairly enjoyable but nothing really special.
