A review by crowyhead
True Believer by Virginia Euwer Wolff

4.0

This is a sequel to Wolff's Make Lemonade, but it easily stands alone. It's an interesting novel because it's told entirely in verse. This sounds strange at first, but I find that it really gives one an almost impressionistic feel for the emotions of the narrator. It's amazing how much emotion and action can be squeezed into one small poem. I've never read a novel like this that wasn't in first-person; I'm not sure if it could work. At times I felt like I just wanted to know MORE than what the narrator was telling me, though. The plot is about a young woman in the inner city struggling to live up to her potential, and at the same time experiencing all the usual highschool stuff, like falling in love and growing apart from her friends.