Bish Denham's Reviews > Bloomability

I totally enjoyed this book. I liked how, despite a rather haphazard family life, there is still a lot of love. In many ways 13 year-old Dinnie reminded me of myself at that age. Not in the moving around part, but the way she experienced her inner self. On the inside she felt isolated in a bubble, she felt insecure. She's an observer who doesn't make friends easily. On the outside, though, the face she presents to the world, is very likable. She's basically a good girl trying to do what's right. Her journey, more than just going to Switzerland, is coming to understand that she can expand her bubble and let more of the outside nature in and let more of her inside nature out. How she gets there is what the story is all about. Delightful.

I gave it a four stars only because sometimes conversations between the kids seemed too mature, too adult. Maybe there are 13 year-olds who talk like that, having deep, meaningful thoughts, but I certainly didn't when I was that age.