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A review by lumos_libros
Claim to Fame by Margaret Peterson Haddix
3.0
When I first started to read this I did know that Lindsay could hear what people said about her. Now at first this may seem like a good gift, but in reality people can be cruel and you wouldn't want to be bogged down with all the things people say about you. Way too much information. For poor Lindsay Scott, having this "gift" destroys her career as an actress and from having a normal life. Sooner or later though she has to face the world, and her taste of the outside world since the start of her hermitlife starts one night when two teenage boys "kidnap" her.
Now, I had no idea that the book was going to veer towards transcendentalism. It was interesting how the author linked transcendentalism and the power that Lindsay has. I don't know a lot about the subject but the book gets into it, so readers won't be confused. The book went way deeper than I thought it would, which isn't necessarily bad or good, just not expected. The problem I did have with the book was how much time Lindsay spent with herself. It's understandable because she has been living with just her dad for five years and she can't go out and have a normal life. She doesn't have the ability to block the voices outside of her house, so she is reluctant to meet people and have to bear the burden of having to hear what they would say behind her back. Still, one of my favorite parts of stories are the interactions with characters. It does have some, but not enough for my liking.
The book definitely brought an interesting prespective of how sometimes what people say about others actually reflects more about them than about you. The beginning was interesting, the middle dragged a little and then all of sudden it felt like it ended. Lindsay makes a 360 on her life. I thought that was a little unrealistic. Even with the misgivings I had about it, the idea and the writing style is interesting. I'll have to read more of [a:Margaret Peterson Haddix|14617|Margaret Peterson Haddix|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1209043214p2/14617.jpg] work.
Now, I had no idea that the book was going to veer towards transcendentalism. It was interesting how the author linked transcendentalism and the power that Lindsay has. I don't know a lot about the subject but the book gets into it, so readers won't be confused. The book went way deeper than I thought it would, which isn't necessarily bad or good, just not expected. The problem I did have with the book was how much time Lindsay spent with herself. It's understandable because she has been living with just her dad for five years and she can't go out and have a normal life. She doesn't have the ability to block the voices outside of her house, so she is reluctant to meet people and have to bear the burden of having to hear what they would say behind her back. Still, one of my favorite parts of stories are the interactions with characters. It does have some, but not enough for my liking.
The book definitely brought an interesting prespective of how sometimes what people say about others actually reflects more about them than about you. The beginning was interesting, the middle dragged a little and then all of sudden it felt like it ended. Lindsay makes a 360 on her life. I thought that was a little unrealistic. Even with the misgivings I had about it, the idea and the writing style is interesting. I'll have to read more of [a:Margaret Peterson Haddix|14617|Margaret Peterson Haddix|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1209043214p2/14617.jpg] work.