Book Review On Lush

When your dad is a drunk and everyone else in your family pretends nothing is wrong, what choice do you have but pretend right along with them. For Samantha, this makes life really difficult. She starts writing to an anonymous person just to get advice. But as things go along, Samantha's dad gets worse. Natasha Friend's Lush drags the reader into a thirteen year old's hidden world.

To begin with, the characters that Friend creates are realistic. Samantha tugs at your heart the whole way through the book. She struggles throughout the book and is so strong. She made me proud, and she is just a character. Her dad made me mad at all the right times in the book. I wanted to hate him right along with Samantha. The characters really made the book stand out.

Also, the plot of the book was really interesting. A girl has to hide a large part of her life from everyone. Her dad is a drunk. But she cannot do that once her dad starts to get abusive. A girl has to draw the line somewhere, right? Samantha does not want to be like the rest of the family and act blind. She needs help, so she starts writing to an anonymous person in the library for advice. This book was interesting because of the plot.

Lastly, this book reminded me of others I have read. Perfect by Natasha Friend was one of them. They were both about problems that teenagers had to face. They were realistic and very intriguing. Books by Ellen Hopkins are similar. Lush is a type of book that I like.

Lush is a good book. One that shows how tough life can be for teenagers. This book kept me interested and made me realize what we think about people may not always be correct. This book is a good read.