Book Review: Candyfloss
Another book review. Why not? I have to make sure that I am reviewing them at least as fast as I read them...failing at that, but you get the gist.
Floss (Flora) lives with her mother, stepfather and younger half-brother. But she lives for the weekends, when she gets to be with her father and help at his greasy-spoon cafe. But now her stepfather has a job assignment in Australia. It's not permanent, but she can't bring her dad with. So, Floss makes a decision. She's going to stay with her dad. Her mother isn't keen on the idea, but eventually comes around. The adventures start as her father, a doting father, but irresponsible, and never having really grown up, tries to make a home for her.
This was a cute little read, but doesn't really leave me with much. Kind of like the name implies. It was fun to have the British author not try to Americanize anything, and instead explained British-isms in the story itself and have a glossary at the back for the other things. I'm a little bored of stories about good dads who are awful fathers and acting like that's okay. Because it's not. This mother is 110% correct--he can't care for his daughter by giving her fun all day everyday and letting her eat anything whenever.
It's heart-warming that she learns about friendship, and it's happy that her dad wants to be a father, but I think the messages were slightly mixed, and it all seemed slightly run-of-the-mill, to be honest. Cute book for the short amount of time, but not realistic in anyway.
Three stars
Floss (Flora) lives with her mother, stepfather and younger half-brother. But she lives for the weekends, when she gets to be with her father and help at his greasy-spoon cafe. But now her stepfather has a job assignment in Australia. It's not permanent, but she can't bring her dad with. So, Floss makes a decision. She's going to stay with her dad. Her mother isn't keen on the idea, but eventually comes around. The adventures start as her father, a doting father, but irresponsible, and never having really grown up, tries to make a home for her.
This was a cute little read, but doesn't really leave me with much. Kind of like the name implies. It was fun to have the British author not try to Americanize anything, and instead explained British-isms in the story itself and have a glossary at the back for the other things. I'm a little bored of stories about good dads who are awful fathers and acting like that's okay. Because it's not. This mother is 110% correct--he can't care for his daughter by giving her fun all day everyday and letting her eat anything whenever.
It's heart-warming that she learns about friendship, and it's happy that her dad wants to be a father, but I think the messages were slightly mixed, and it all seemed slightly run-of-the-mill, to be honest. Cute book for the short amount of time, but not realistic in anyway.
Three stars
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