Ruby has had a bad life. Correction: Ruby's Dad is a very bad man, and has made her life dark. This makes this book unripe for childhood reading. But the book is somehow not too dark, and somewhat predictable. Ruby is infused with some sort of pagan mythicism, that makes her"know" things, and she does some majick...I'm not sure. I think I liked this book, but in a "was I sleeping when I read it?" kind of way. Oddly, I believe I have read this book before. Don't know when, but evidently since 2006- it's pub. date. So.... either I have a bit of "knowing", or the book isn't very memorable. I read it again with a deja vu feeling, but couldn't tell you how it turned out. Now I can, as I just finished it. Give me a year and maybe I'll pick it up and it will seem vaguely familiar again?
Really, it seemed kind of like an outline to a larger novel, or a trippy "did someone put something in my drink?" evening in Bogata.
Either way, can't really say "skip" or "read", but don't give it to the kidlets.
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