Genre: YA
Description:
“When five fourteen-year-old girls get their fortunes from an arcade
machine just for kicks, it turns their world upside-down and their close-knit
group of friends starts to fall apart.
Misunderstandings abound as allegiances shift and outsiders start to
come between them. The fortunes seem to be self-fulfilling prophecies - whether
the girls believe in them or not.
Do our beliefs color our perception of the world? Do we ever see
ourselves the way others see us, and why is change so hard?
Budding romance, angry bees, teenage fashion influencers, and parents
who just don't get it make Barbara Venkataraman's Five Fortunes a fun
story you won't soon forget.”
Author:
An attorney and mediator specializing in
family law, Barbara Venkataraman is also an author with a variety of different
books. She’s written a series of mysteries, a few collections of short stories.
She’s written non-fiction as well, with a fun book about grammar and even
co-wrote a memoir with her son about his experience as a activist who helped
exonerate four men falsely accused of rape in Florida in the 1940s.
For more, check out Ms Venkataraman’s blog.
Appraisal:
The description for this book tells the story well. My extremely
abbreviated version, “five friends each get fortunes from an arcade machine and
it shakes up their friendships and their lives” tells you the setup. The repercussions
of this and how each of the five works through it is a fun, entertaining, and
thought-provoking tale. While aimed at young adults and in my estimation the ideal
reader would probably be a high school female, I can see this being enjoyed by readers
of any age or gender. I enjoyed it and I’m an elderly adult (well, at least far
from young).
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Format/Typo
Issues:
No significant issues.
Rating: ****
Four Stars
Reviewed
by: BigAl
Approximate word count: 15-20,000 words
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