Hi! This is Linden. I'm a new member of the I'm A Book Addict team, and I'm happy to present a review of one of my very favorite books! (Seriously, I love this book so much I made parts of it into a play….twice.)
This book is titled Remarkable. The story is set in the beautiful and extraordinary town of Remarkable, where every inhabitant is absolutely amazing at doing one certain thing, like rollerskating or singing or even pirating. To tell the truth, though, not every person in Remarkable is Remarkable. One of them is nothing but average. And that average person happens to be 10-year-old Jane Doe. Although Jane is pretty much used to being the most boring person in town, she still wishes her painter brother, math genius sister, architect mom, and novelist dad would simply pay her some attention. Adding to her loneliness, since everyone is so astoundingly talented, they all get to go to the private Gifted School, which leaves Jane sitting alone every day in a regular public school devoid of kids. Luckily, things are about to change. When Jane runs into a pair of gleefully wicked twins and an amiable pirate captain all in the same day, an explosion of crazy, fantastical events (including feuding jelly factories, a bell tower, a missing composer, a weather machine, a fifth-grade teacher, and a lake monster) take place and eventually end with Jane finding contentment in doing what makes her happy, whether she's remarkable at it or not. One of my favorite things about this book is the many, many characters. They're almost all exaggerated and most are a little cocky about their gifts and talents. To add to the whimsical nature of the book, many also have long names, like Lucinda Wilhelmina Hinojosa or Anderson Brigby Bright Doe III! The Grimlet twins and Ms. Schnabel the fifth-grade teacher are some of the most memorable and interesting of the characters. The biggest problem people have reading this book is the writing style. Remarkable is written in an exaggerated and slightly ironical style. It has many subplots and, as I said before, its characters have confusing, unrealistic names. To me, all this goes perfectly with the spirit of the book. To others, it's a lot of distracting clutter that makes the book harder to get through. It's really just a matter of personal preference. Running throughout the whole story is a great message: Whether you're amazingly talented or not, you're still wonderful because you're you. And I think that's something worth remembering!
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