Thalia @ Pictures in the Words

Initially, as I began this book, I really loved reading it. Eliza had a great voice for a main character, and while I don’t know much about Amish culture, I think she was a great character to bring us into her story. I liked seeing her culture and her initial reactions to things like Stranger Night, cars, English clothes, and all that. However, as the story progressed, I was less and less thrilled with the writing style, the characters, and the plot became muddled to a point where I didn’t know what the focus of the story was supposed to be. So while the story had a great hook and introduction, it had a hard time maintaining interest as too many and too few things happened all at once. In the beginning, I thought about a four star rating; then, more near the middle, I thought about three, as if was getting kind of iffy. By the end, I settled on two, because it was little less than just okay, bordering on dislike. This is maybe more of a two-point-five rating, but we’ll settle mostly on the twoAn ARC was provided by The Midnight Garden for tour reviews.Read more?http://thaliasbooks.tumblr.com/post/26614156557/a-world-away-review