For once, I am kinda at a loss for words when it comes to this book. I cannot seem to make up my mind how I feel about this book- Do I like it? Do I hate it? Did I just not get it? I feel like the jury is still out on this one. This is the kind of book that needs to sit with you for a few days before you can fully appreciate it. Kind of a Big Deal follows Josie Pie, who was a big deal in high school, as she grapples with the cards life has dealt her. She was a star in high school and was encouraged to leave high school and go for it on Broadway. She did at seventeen, and wracked up a ton of debt. Now she is in Montana, out of happenstance, acting as nanny and responsible adult. It is here that she falls back into reading and finds the magic in reading. Now here is where I end up having some qualms. I can 100% get on board with the magic of books and magic in general, but it seemed like this book could not choose a side. Josie thinks she is going crazy, then thinks she has an active imagination, or maybe it is a super power. I am not sure. The jumping between genres when she visits all of her books is pretty intriguing, and I haven't really read much like it. But when you get to the reveal part, the switch to a more high fantasy genre just seems out of place. There were definitely part of this book that I loved, but I was confused overall. It isn't that I don't understand what happened, more so that the premise didn't mesh for me. I will say that right now the jury is still out on this one for me- I definitely want to see what others think before I invest in this for my school library. Kind of a Big Deal will be release late August 2020- let me know what you think!
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