crabbygirl reviewed Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano
Review of 'Dear Edward' on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
when the first chapter opens in an airport lounge and introduces over a dozen characters, you know it's not going to end well. thankfully, the author doesn't keep you hanging too long and the second chapter opens with the wreckage. there's one survivor and we alternate between the hours and minutes before the crash, and the continuation of life for the 12 yo boy that loses his whole family.
it felt a little John-Green-Does-An-Airplane-Crash. the ending was protracted, with too many codas, and ultimately too pie-in-sky for my tastes. as usual, i've forgotten why this novel was on my TBR list; lots of people are swooning over it and it was simply... fine.
