Rose dreams of becoming a singer, but when her obligations as the oldest sister start to hold her back, she faces an impossible decision.
Sick of being the "good" sister, Daisy is drawn to a boy with a more dangerous edge and pulls away from the people who care about her most.
Laurel must deal with the loss of someone close, but a new love in the wake of tragedy might be just what she needs.
Wither her sisters all figuring out their futures, Lily feels lost, and for the first time she must figure out who she is all on her own.
With more than cupcakes and candles on their minds, each of the Walker sisters is in for a sweet sixteen that will change everything.
Above is the description that is on the back of The Year I Turned Sixteen by Diane Schwemm.
This book reminded me of the way Karen Kingsbury writes her books in a very low key kind of way. The reason I say this is because Karen Kingsbury writes in a style where she goes from one person's perspective to another in which you are always getting to hear all sides of the story no matter what is going on. In this book however, you get 4 different perspectives but they all come from the year that the sister turns sixteen and what kind of hardships come that year, what good things come and of course, the relationships that are made.
For the plot line, I feel like it got repetitive and predictable. I could tell where each story was gonna lead me. I never really felt surprised. I felt like I had read this story 3 times before by the time I got to the fourth part. The only separating factor between the stories is that something slightly new may occur and also their personalities were all different. They all had different interests obviously because they are all different people, but the story lines stayed the same I thought. They all ended up falling for "the guy" who was the cutest, most popular guy around. They all ended up growing out of that relationship because they had to change so much to be a part of it, and then they would find the one that they really liked that had been a sincere friend throughout the rest of their story.
Now, after saying all of this, you might be thinking, we finally have one that didn't make the 4 out of 5 stars cut! And you're right... This one I say gets a 3 out of 5. I feel like this story was written better than what I could've ever done, but I feel like I could've come up with this storyline all by myself and then wrote the story and had someone proofread it and fix all the mistakes I had in it. Don't get me wrong, this book probably wouldn't have been as long if I had written it because I'm really not a great writer at all, but I feel like this is the kind of story you always read too. But, still, I would still suggest this for a few people. People who ,like me, are turning sixteen soon or are sixteen, or maybe even if you are younger than sixteen it may be a fun read. But if you're older, I feel like you could definitely find something better to try out and read.
Thanks for reading this review everyone! Like I said, not particularly sure how much I liked this book, but it actually did keep me intrigued no matter how repetitive it got, if that does say anything at all. I hope this review was helpful to you all and I hope you all continue to keep reading.
Until the next review,
-Aly
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