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Dodie Smith, Dodie Smith: I Capture the Castle (1998, A Wyatt Book for St. Martin's Press) 4 stars

Cassandra, the 17-year-old narrator, lives an eccentric existence in a crumbling castle in the English …

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4 stars

3.8ish, if I have to assign a meaningless numerical rating!

This is super charming and very funny (and fun!) to read, however, I was a little disappointed with the last third of the book. While I certainly can't say anything against the authenticity of Cassandra's many conflicting and contradictory feelings for the dudes in her life, I often felt that her infatuation with Simon was tiresome. Basically, when she was being quite hilariously (again authentically) melodramatic about it, I found it just as delightful as the rest of the book, but it grated in the moments where I felt that maybe I was meant to be taking it seriously. As it stands, at the end of the book my primary reaction was, "Lol it is not that serious. You'll get over it, kid. And hopefully make out with Stephen a lot. Because that was hot."

Whiiich, I don't know if that was what I was supposed to be feeling there. Enjoyable nonetheless!