Finding friends who have amazing taste in books is a real blessing. I don’t think I would’ve ever heard about the book Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly on my own. Four years ago, Nathan and Izzy told me that I needed to read this book but I never seemed to have time in between all the other books I’ve been reading. However, this year I’m reading all the books at the very bottom of my reading list and Revolution was the next one.
Revolution is a story that follows an angry, grief-stricken, girl named Andi. Andi recently lost her brother, Truman, and is mad at the world for taking him. She’s also angry at her dad for leaving and that her mother for mentally checking out after her brother’s sudden and tragic death.
Andi is reaching her limit and is constantly finding a way to stop the pain; but when she’s threatened to get expelled from her school, her dad comes back on the scene and forces her to travel to Paris with him. She’s very reluctant about going but soon after arriving, Andi comes across a two-hundred-year-old diary that could help her learn how to let go of the guilt of her brother’s death.
The diary was written by a girl named Alexandrine who is trying to write out her story before she dies. Life wasn’t easy for the French during the Revolution, but it seemed to be extra challenging for Alexandrine. Living with the guilt of using King Louis XVI’s son in order to get onto the stage, she’s determined to make things right after Louis-Charles is imprisoned in The Tower in Paris.
As Andi reads Alexandrine words, everything feels all too familiar but an obsession soon forms and Andi can’t seem to stop reading. However, one night in the catacombs of Paris makes her obsession become a reality when Andi plummets back in time. The past becomes present, but how will Andi be able to get back to the twenty-first century?
This book is one of my new favorites. Though there is a lot of language, the story in captivating and I found myself just as obsessed with the words as Andi was with Alexandrine’s diary! I loved everything about this book, from the pain, the sadness, the glimpses of happiness, to the rich history that is contained in these pages. Jennifer Donnelly has an amazing gift to make your heart leap with joy in one minute and then breaking it into a million pieces the next. I felt like I was a part of this story and was really sad when I read the last words. Definitely a book to re-read in the future!
Revolution is a story that follows an angry, grief-stricken, girl named Andi. Andi recently lost her brother, Truman, and is mad at the world for taking him. She’s also angry at her dad for leaving and that her mother for mentally checking out after her brother’s sudden and tragic death.
Andi is reaching her limit and is constantly finding a way to stop the pain; but when she’s threatened to get expelled from her school, her dad comes back on the scene and forces her to travel to Paris with him. She’s very reluctant about going but soon after arriving, Andi comes across a two-hundred-year-old diary that could help her learn how to let go of the guilt of her brother’s death.
The diary was written by a girl named Alexandrine who is trying to write out her story before she dies. Life wasn’t easy for the French during the Revolution, but it seemed to be extra challenging for Alexandrine. Living with the guilt of using King Louis XVI’s son in order to get onto the stage, she’s determined to make things right after Louis-Charles is imprisoned in The Tower in Paris.
As Andi reads Alexandrine words, everything feels all too familiar but an obsession soon forms and Andi can’t seem to stop reading. However, one night in the catacombs of Paris makes her obsession become a reality when Andi plummets back in time. The past becomes present, but how will Andi be able to get back to the twenty-first century?
This book is one of my new favorites. Though there is a lot of language, the story in captivating and I found myself just as obsessed with the words as Andi was with Alexandrine’s diary! I loved everything about this book, from the pain, the sadness, the glimpses of happiness, to the rich history that is contained in these pages. Jennifer Donnelly has an amazing gift to make your heart leap with joy in one minute and then breaking it into a million pieces the next. I felt like I was a part of this story and was really sad when I read the last words. Definitely a book to re-read in the future!