Book Review: Farewell to Manzanar
For the first Lit Circles of the 2008-2009 school year I read Farewell to Manzanar. It is written by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston. The main characters are Jeanne, Papa, Woody, and Mama. Woody is her older brother. It is an autobiography about her life in Manzanar. I didn't really like this book for three reasons. First, she moved from scene to scene to fast so it was very hard to follow. Second, the book was too predictable; you could easily predict what was going to happen. Finally, I didn't like how mean her dad was.
Jeanne, the author, moved from scene to scene to fast so the book was very hard for me to follow. If you want a book about internment camps this is not the one for you. It is very hard to follow and I am sure that you can find a lot more information in other books. I don't like fast moving books so I hated this book! It was HORRIBLE!!! I suggest that you do not read this book.
I also didn't like this book because it was way too predictable. When I was reading I could tell what was going to happen. Every time I was done reading I could predict what was going to happen next. If you want a suspenseful book, this is not the book for you. You can tell what is going to happen so it is not interesting.
The finale thing that I did not like about this book is how mean she made her dad seam. People look up to there dads’. That makes all dads look bad. She made it seam like he was the worst dad ever. He was really rude to her and it was bad to read. One example was when he accused her of flaunting her sexuality and trying to be American. She made him seam so atrocious.
Overall, Farewell to Manzanar was a horrific book and I suggest that you never read it, even if it is the last book on Earth. There are way better books out there about internment camps if you like those kinds of books. Never read this book!
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