Karalius, Kimberly Love
Fortunes and Other Disasters, 340 pages. Feiwel and Friends Swoon Reads,
2015. $9.99. Language: (0 swears); Mature Content: G;
Violence: G.
Fallon Dupree, age 15, has
recently arrived in the town of Grimbaud, a tourist town dedicated to the idea
of romantic love. She has been anxious
to arrive and have her annual, 100%-accurate love fortune told, but is
devastated when the fortune foretells a lonely existence without ever finding
the one who will love her back. She is
befriended by a small group of malcontents, recruited to help challenge the
love fortune business and free the population to determine their own love
destinies.
This is a poorly composed book, seeming at times to be
written by multiple people unaware of what has been established in other
scenes. Words and phrases are used
incorrectly. The cast of characters lack
depth, and the main character herself is an unlikable snob who changes very
little over the course of the book. The
situations are dull; the attempt at action at the end of the book is
predictable. The setting, both time and
place, was impossible to establish. It
was clear, however, what kind of light the streetlamps put out – a detail that
was mentioned at least six times. The
author’s revelation in the included “coffee date” that the book was written
while listening to music at least clarified why it was so terrible. The best thing about this book is the
adorable cover illustration by Zara Picken.
NOT RECOMMENDED, JA, HS Librarian
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