Last night I finished up the book White Oleander by Janet Finch. This book came highly recommended by colleagues at work and my mom. It also was a book on Oprah's Book Club list. So, I read it. The plot is about a young girl named Astrid whose mom kills her boyfriend after he leaves her to be with other women. She goes to prison, and Astrid is sent to live with foster families, none of which seem to work out well. To be honest at first I wasn't sure I was going to make it to the end. The first one hundred pages were very sexually graphic and it just wasn't my style. I mean I've read sexually graphic books, The Kite Runner to name one, but this to me was just a girl acting ridiculous. However after some encouragement from those who read it before saying 'it gets better', I pushed through and it did actually get better. About halfway through I breezed through the ending, which the ending was actually good considering the tragedies Astrid went through in her life. Overall rating? I would say an 8/10 due to the long take off. You definitely learn to appreciate your life and it gives you an insight into what some people have to go through!There is a movie based on this book of the same title, and Michelle Pfeiffer plays the mom Ingrid. I have heard that it isn't amazingly awesome, but I do want to watch it now that I've read the book and heard that the full movie is actually on YouTube. The next book I will be reading is Me Before You by JoJo Moyes. The movie is coming out in June, and stars the guy who played Finnick in Hunger Games, Sam Claflin. I have already seen people reading this book and loving it, however my friend Ashley is the one who loaned it to me and she got to the middle and said it hit a more boring point that was hard to keep reading, so we will see how it goes!
So have you ever read or seen White Oleander? What did you think? Let me know via message or in the comments section!
Thanks for reading with me,
- Olivia :)
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