Review Response - Nick

     I agree with Beth Kephart’s review for many reasons. First I agreed with the fact that he said the book had to do with artifacts of love, because there were many symbolic things that would resemble love of someone or something. The journal Zach gave Lily was symbolizing the love Zach had for Lily. I also agreed with Beth because she pointed out in many places that the book is trying to involve the power of women and how dominant they can be. Rosaleen is a very magnificent lady who practices her cursive writing so that one day she can vote. Beth says that Lily developed mostly in the story around the Boatwright sisters. This is very true but she had also developed with Rosaleen and by seeing major events pass by her like when Rosaleen went to Jail and got beat, or May had committed suicide.

     Beth Kephart review helped me understand parts of the book I missed or had forgotten from earlier on. I also agreed that the book is near perfect. Most of the book was great even the beginning was intriguing and I enjoyed it a lot. Some events seemed random but made sense near the end that I almost forgot. If the places that were bland made more sense like the beginning when Lily talked about her mom dyeing was very confusing but had made sense later on.

     Beth Kephart’s review was very well written and I agreed with the majority of it. It opened my eyes to things and is a good representative of how wonderful the book was to read.