Juno and Juliet Book

(Review originally posted on Alexa Loves Books)

I picked this book up because it was about twins (and I do love twins!). And also because it's set in Ireland, which is a country that I want to visit someday.

And, in its own way, I guess it was sort of interesting. But it wasn't, unfortunately, enough to hold my attention, as I kept stopping in the middle of reading it to read a different book.

I love Juliet, who is our main character. The book allows us to get into Juliet's head a bit more than Juno's (her twin), so we see mostly her side or version of the events in the book. I like that she was smart and imaginative. Plus, I could totally relate to the fact that she lived in her sister's shadow for the most part (even if I'm not a twin and I'm technically the eldest daughter in my family).

I also enjoyed reading about David, for the simple reason that he seems to be such an inspiring person. He reminds me (in some ways - hello, not in terms of his relationship with Juliet) of some of my teachers from the years past, since he always makes an effort to be relatable, kind and real to his students. He's actually my favorite character in the book, even more than Juliet.

Julian Gough employs such great imagery in the book though, so I had to give it an extra star just for that. (For example, "My thoughts were a babble to myself. Word and number were blurred, chopped into fragments so small they failed to form units of meaning, so charged they repulsed other fragments or snapped tight to them with no regard for meaning or truth, or with no regard for regard or regard for with or or. Thoughts spiralled out and broke apart or spiralled in tighter and tighter and vanished.")