Book Review
With Lots of Love from Georgia
Author: Brigid Lowry
No. Pages: 192
ISBN: 1-74114-310-1
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
This book is about Georgia, she is a girl who lives in a town called Anywhere, she thinks that it has too many shopping malls and not enough skate parks. Georgia is fifteen, she is taller and also weighs more than most other people her age. She has wavy red hair and a best friend named Mel. Georgia is saving up to get two tickets for her and Mel to go to a Natural Affinity’s concert. Natural Affinity is her favourite band and she dreams that if she saves up enough money to go to their concert, she will end up getting together with Jakob, Natural Affinity’s lead singer. To get some money Georgia tries to get a job. Will Georgia be able to find a job, then save enough money to go to her concert and get together with Jakob?
This book was a good read for me as it wasn’t too predictable and Brigid Lowry has made Georgia to be a very realistic character that I can match up to in some ways. Also in this book Georgia has a journal that she makes lists in which I found was great because it helped you get to know more about Georgia, her thoughts and her life. Some of the list topics are stuff like- things I want, great e-mail addresses and even things to do while watching a sunset. One thing I didn’t like about this book was that it started off boring and it took me a while to start liking and understanding it properly.
Apart from the beginning I really enjoyed this book and thought that it had a good story line to it. Brigid Lowry has also used lots of description which I feel makes the story a whole lot more interesting by making the reader feel as if they are there. I gave this book a rating of three stars out of five. I would recommend this book for young teenagers around age ten or eleven and over. Also this book would be more suited for girls.
Overall I would think that this book was a fantastic read but I still think that the beginning let it down and it would have been much better otherwise.
