Hello again! I've recently started Savvy by Ingrid Law. So far, I'm not really loving this book. You see, this book is one of those kind of books that has only one thing apart of the main plot. And whenever you are reading there is no suspense for any twists or turns because there is only one thing that is happening and you know will be happening for the whole book. Then once you are done with the book you have only figured out one thing and the ending goes as how you predicted. This is how I think Savvy will turn out but I'm not quite finished with it yet. If you have the same reading style as me, then you would feel that a book that you can easily predict isn't going to be a good one. I like those books where there are many conflicts going on and at every chapter it has a cliff-hanger so it can lead you to the next chapter. Not to mention that it also has lots of twists to the story.
Since I haven't finished Savvy, I won't be critiquing it as much as I usually do when I've finished a book. To me, this book does have a good outline and idea to it, but the author isn't taking an advantage to take the outline and turn into a book where you are on the edge of your seat. Just so you'll know what I'm talking about I'm going to give you a little synopsis of what I've read so far. In Savvy there is the special Beaumont family. And in there family once you have reached the age of 13, you then receive your "savvy". A savvy is kind of like a superpower but not like your everyday superpower like flying, and it doesn't really help anyone but you. In their family one of the daughters, Mibs, is almost about to turn 13. But two days before her birthday her dad is in a car crash and is sent to the hospital. Mibs hopes that she can go to Salina, Kansas (where the hospital is) and save her father with her savvy. Mibs is at her birthday party and wants to get to Salina so she goes in a pink bus filled with bibles which she hopes will take her to her dad. Throughout the bus ride she is haunted by voices in her head which is being spoken by ink. She figures out that if there is some form of ink on someone it talks to her about how that person is.
I don't want to give a lot of the story away if you plan on reading this (which I don't recommend). But it just really annoys me that Mibs doesn't know that her savvy has already come to her! Hello?! Ink on someones skin just doesn't talk to you and tell you about that person! Like I said before it has only one think to the plot, which is her trying to save her dad. Nothing else! I'm going to read the rest of the book and see if my one prediction comes true.
- Minha
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