![]() ![]() ![]() Maybe it was the various perspectives which threw me off (eight distinct voices in total) or maybe it was the sheer nonlinearity of the plot-or at least how it felt like when reading What We Hide-that makes it difficult to assess. This is going to be one perplexing review because I’ve never had to critique something like this before. ![]() I think we both kn ow where my thoughts are going. By remaining stagnant, the possibility of growth and revelation diminishes, and characters face the same challenges in a constant cycle. – Individuals have their reasons for what they do in order to remain relevant. – Ensemble-driven rather than fully developing specific characters some of which are more/less developed than others – Timeframe set during the 1960-70s, themes involve: lies and betrayal, LGBT, social status, sexuality (not crude though), bullying all relevant to the average teenager – Follows 8 POVs, changing tenses, and told in varying narrative styles (i.e. (re: Goodreads What We Hide by Marthe Jocelyn ) Should this book be picked up? the tl dr spoiler-less review: Brenda won’t tell what happened with the school doctor. But in the small world of Ill Hall, everyone has something to hide. This is Jenny’s chance to finally stand out, so accidentally, on purpose, she tells a lie. Americans Jenny and her brother, Tom, are off to England: Tom to university, to dodge the Vietnam draft, Jenny to be the new girl at a boarding school, Illington Hall. ![]()
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