A Blue So Dark by Holly Schindler
I would say that my favorite character in this novel would be Aura Ambrose, the main character. Despite being lonely and delling with her schizophrenic mother who stopped taking her medication after her father left them for a shiny new wife, Aura manages to be strong. She’s in a hole she can’t get out of, her mother keeps getting worse to the point of always insulting aura, her dad doesn’t bother checking up on them, and on top of that she can’t turn to her best friend who’s struggling with a pregnancy. I admire this character for her strength, not only is she teen struggling with her own problems but also taking another load and taking care of her mother.
I think the trait that best caught my attention was Aura’s selflessness, her need to always put others before her. However the only thing I didn’t like was that Aura was under-developed, the author doesn’t give much more beside her love for her mother and art. Her mother’s condition overwhelmes everything in her life, she loves art but she smothers her talent because her mother and her mother’s father were artist with illnesses making her believe that art and mental illness goes hand in hand. Overall I really enjoyed this book and it’s intresting characters.
This sounds like a good but sad book. It touches on a subject that people can really relate to and understand on a deeper level. I definitely have to read this book and read more about Aura, she seems like an interesting and complex character. (:
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