Week 5: Girl In Landscape

Writing Assignment: For this week's blog posting please write a 350-500 word review of the novel focusing not on whether you liked the book or not, or whether you thought it was good or bad, but rather on a description of the experience of reading the book and what you think are the most defining aspects of the novel.

Even though I was only able to ready 2/3 of the book the experience of reading Girl In Landscape was very fulfilling for me. I've always been interested in Sci-Fi novels so it would only make sense that I was immediately drawn in to the book from the beginning.
It was interesting to start off in the world as I know it now set into the future from a coming-of-age girl's point of view. It felt very relatable in the sense that I live in a very fast advancing technological age where some of the concepts and ideas seemed pretty plausible for the future to come. The novel really pulled me in when Pella and her family went to visit the beach and had to wear sun-blocking cones around their bodies because of the depleted ozone layer. Or how the rest of the continent had a feeling of being made entirely of buildings and concrete except for the little section of beach that remained at the edge. I can also relate with Pella when she moves to an entirely new world and feels alienated. To me that symbolizes the coming-of-age into adulthood. I can relate to being in a place in my life where nothing seems familiar or makes sense and all I can do is watch, learn, try to understand how the world around me works and try to get by day by day. That's what it seemed like for pella when she found her ability to turn into the household deer. She becomes a voyeur in a new world trying to make sense of all the strange things happening around her.
I know it says not to write about whether or not I liked it or not but I did enjoy reading it and will definitely read the remaining chapters when I get the chance!