A review by heidirgorecki
Nineteen Steps by Millie Bobby Brown

emotional informative sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

I liked the concept of the Bethnal Green tragedy since I’ve read about it as a peripheral event but not actually about the details and with the focus on it itself. However, the writing felt a little stiff at times, the dialogue felt forced and unrealistic. The audio was really stiff as well and I’m not sure how I feel about the ghost writing thing. 

And I started to really dislike Nellie as a character with how petulant and self centered she ended up being, blaming and accusing everyone around her at being at fault immediately without considering how she was devastating them in doing so. I fully get that grief has a wide range of emotions and reactions but to consistently jump down everyone’s throat in bitterness at every scenario that didn’t go the way she wanted, not just the deaths, was super annoying.