Ernest's Reviews > Foundling

I appreciated what the author was trying to do in the book, and some of the interactions and scenarios were mildly interesting in a broader perspective, but I was overall not captured by this book. Perhaps I am not the target audience for this book – it is a young adult book and while this doesn’t disqualify it from being a worthwhile read, it would be unrealistic to ignore this fact. Perhaps this book was not what I wanted (knowingly or not) to read at the time - if I wanted a much deeper book with more complex (and gritter?) characters, more complex writing, or a more mature tone, this book wouldn’t satisfy.

Whatever the reason, this book wasn’t for me.

However, I do want to comment on the nature of book recommendations. Receiving and giving book recommendations are something really nice, not to mention a good form of bonding and social cohesion. I was recommended this book by some very valued friends. Just because this one recommendation didn’t work out doesn’t mean I’ll stop listening to their opinions and advice (on books or anything else). I think this may be the first book they recommended me, and this experience can be better thought of as one data point for any future recommendations. If perhaps many continual recommendations keep regularly not satisfying, I may need to reconsider how much weight to place on future recommendations, but this is something to worry about for the future.