Post B (04/16/08) ENG

Post B (04/16/08) ENG

Before reading: I was pretty excited about all the facts that this book deals about the genocide and it would be all actions and tears etc. But this book rather starts out with sweet, rather cheesy, style of writing that really bothered me. I don't know why, but the protagonist, the narrator is the little girl (maybe it starts as a little girl and soon grow up) who talks about her family and herself with a nice, but self-centered body image. I was pretty annoyed about the poor writing skill that shows no attraction for the readers to read more of it.
The descriptions are somewhat following the cultural guidelines, which is one of the reason that I partially want to finish the book, and I expect to learn more about Cambodia after I finish the book. I don't mind all the too-real-that-makes-one-grossed-out, but I can't stand a boring book. I hope that this book doesn't give me that kind of worrying. Plus, Since this book is little short for the requirement, I would want to try another short book, The House On the Mango Street, which is a short book written by Sandra Cisneros that is very famous to many people.