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A review by hnagle15
The Warden's Daughter by Jerry Spinelli
2.0
Oh man, this was terrible.
I have so many issues with this book... I'll include some below.
1. Cammie. Cammie is one of the worst main characters I have ever read. She is mean, nasty, rude, self-centered, abusive... I could go on. She treats her friends like trash and Lord knows why they keep coming around. She treats the prisoners like garbage, and acts like she is SO much better than all of them simply because she is the warden's daughter. She punched a boy who liked her in the face just because, and kicked her friends out of her birthday party because she was mad they have moms. That's what it all comes down to for Cammie, she blames all her behaviour on the fact that she doesn't have a mother. Well, lots of kids don't have mothers and they aren't total assholes like you, Cammie.
2. Fatphobic. Oh my god the amount of fatphobia is wild. Especially in regard too BooBoo.
3. Eloda Popka. My God, this was bad. The "twist" at the end was terrible. I truly cannot believe the entire book was written with that ending in mind.. It was so forced and phony. There was absolutely no way it would have played out this way. It was awful.
I have so many issues with this book... I'll include some below.
1. Cammie. Cammie is one of the worst main characters I have ever read. She is mean, nasty, rude, self-centered, abusive... I could go on. She treats her friends like trash and Lord knows why they keep coming around. She treats the prisoners like garbage, and acts like she is SO much better than all of them simply because she is the warden's daughter. She punched a boy who liked her in the face just because, and kicked her friends out of her birthday party because she was mad they have moms. That's what it all comes down to for Cammie, she blames all her behaviour on the fact that she doesn't have a mother. Well, lots of kids don't have mothers and they aren't total assholes like you, Cammie.
2. Fatphobic. Oh my god the amount of fatphobia is wild. Especially in regard too BooBoo.
Spoiler
When BooBoo hangs herself the conversation surrounding her death isn't, you know, her death, but is primarily around 'wow how much string did she have to use to hang THAT body?!' It's toxic.3. Eloda Popka. My God, this was bad. The "twist" at the end was terrible. I truly cannot believe the entire book was written with that ending in mind.. It was so forced and phony. There was absolutely no way it would have played out this way. It was awful.