Patrice Kindl
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- 1951
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- Alplaus, New York, USA
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- New York, New York, USA
New York, USA (Upstate) - Opleiding
- Webster College
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Were-owls. Okay. I took little notice of were-animals in romance novels until I was an adult. I took it for granted growing up that werewolf stories were common, especially romances. Twenty years later, it seems like were-animal stories are everywhere. I like that the cover model is not smiling. Fits the character super well. The narrator-protagonist is named Owl because the author wasn't going for subtlety here. Did the parents know she would be a were-owl when they picked the name? Best left unanswered, since logic would dissolve the world-building. Owls mate for life, the young teenager insists. So why does she fall in love with a boy three quarters of the way through the book, after she's spazzed out hardcore over her thirty-four-year-old English teacher since he's the plot of the book? Even with how fucking weird this book is, that was a jarring plot twist. Not that it wasn't welcome. Get with someone your own age and who's not in a position of authority over you.
Why are the parents okay with and encouraging the crush? Why do they firmly believe a thirty-four-year-old man is their daughter's soulmate? Why do they constantly, unquestioningly agree with everything their child does? Does the child go to a physician or a veterinarian when she's sick? What shows up on her medical tests? Can she get vaccines? Do her parents have bird lung disease? Shouldn't they have to have an exotic pet license? Why don't they teach her boundaries or tips on how to make friends? She would ignore that, but I would have appreciated the effort. They--don't even really seem to raise her, really. They just go along with whatever. She's pretentious and insufferable. She's almost antagonistic towards girls who have tried to be her friend. One manages to get through to her, and she's just so disdainful in her head. She barely says a word normally, and has the powers of Epic Stare Down To Get Her Way. She considers herself above humans. She makes no effort to blend in. The identity struggle that accompanies were-animals in every media ever, is much needed here but is largely absent. It's a big part of these stories, and I wanted to read about her going through it. She barely does, and acts like she has it already figured out. Then a boy her own age shows up and things shift a little.
She transfers the exact feelings and ways of socializing that she had towards her teacher, onto this fellow were-owl within a few pages. It was weird and unconvincing. So's the book's end. I'm glad the teacher never really knew that his student was stalking him nightly and obsessed with him. Even with those elements, this story was super boring. I was relieved when it ended.
I'm glad I read it again, even though I disliked it now.… (meer)