If you didn't know, this was the novel that inspired the title of my blog. This is one of my favorite books. I Read this book two years ago, and I am currently rereading it, which I never do so I guess that means something!
One of the reasons why this book is so memorable is because of how much I related myself to the main character Terra Cooper. I thoroughly enjoyed her journey of self acceptance and discovery. She was born with a red port wine stain on her face. Because if this, she is self conscious about her appearance like how many teens including myself. She has gone through Various surgeries and hides under a thick layer of makeup. She also has to deal with a verbally abusive father and a independent mother. I can't exactly relate to this, but I do have demanding parents.
She is a high school senior and plans to attend a university out of town and as far as possible from her family similarity to how her two brothers did the same.
Through an accident, she meets a Goth named Jacob whom was born with a left cleft.
Ever heard of Geocaching? It is basically like a world-wide treasure hunt game. I guess that's another thing to add onto my never ending bucket list. In the novel, Terra and her father bonds over this, as her dad is a former cartographer.
I don't want to give too much away, but a good section of this book takes place in China. I am Chinese, but I have never read a book with a setting in China. This was one of the highlights of this book and I loved reading about her experience in China and her growing relations with her mom, Jacob, and her brother.
I felt this book had a very different take on the whole "finding the real you." It moved at a comfortable pace and made me really connect and made me feel like I have been on the journey with her. I loved the authors comparison of "fake beauty" to real beauty, by using the direction North and True North. I found it the comparison ingenious and very new and unique view on what it means to be beautiful.
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