The Bride’s Farewell- Meg Rosoff

At the beginning I read the title and didn’t think I would like it. I guessed it was about a runny away bride and to me that didn’t sound to great, so I began reading with in my mind what a disappointment it would be in my I eyes; I was wrong, I very happy that I was proved wrong.
The main character in the book is Pell. Pell is our heroine, she runs away from her soon to be husband Birdie with her mute brother Bean and her horse Jack. Soon she loses both Jack and Birdie and goes on an adventure to find them both. In the mean time she finds a poacher and continues her adventure with him. Along the way she finds out that Birdie never married her sister, and that she married an old man who would have the three younger sisters, she also finds out her mother and father were killed in the fire . The character of Pell matures from a tom boy to and independent woman, who has to change when confronted with her different situations.
Now the plot, at first I guessed most of it the run away bride part and that made me not really like it. But the way she matures from the tomboy to the mature woman made the character quite magnificent in my opinion.
The plot; at first I felt I had already ruined it for me with my guess about a runaway bride and my mind was set. But over the course of the book the plot became more thrilling, it wasn’t fast or to slow, it was nice (I know such a boring word!) but I enjoyed it. I loved the way she leaves the village on her wedding day and then travels far and wide, loosing everything she holds dear, a horse and her brother, but finding herself and those she has lost.
The way that Meg Rosoff wrote made me change my mind about the book and storyline. The way she hooked you, the way you felt for Pell when she lost everything. Compared with the writings of Breslin, I loved the way Breslin wrote but not the story line, I found that I love the way Rosoff wrote more than that of Breslin, this may have something to do with me loving the storyline also.

In conclusion I believe that The Bride’s Farewell is a lovely book and well worth the read. I loved the character Pell and her journey, the way she loses everything and then gains everything. It is a magical book that I recommend it to everyone and anyone.

Sofie
Year 12