COUNTING by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan

"すごくおもしろかった。初めは天才少女が天才であることに気づかれず、だんだんとその状況を打破して胸がすっとする話かと思った。が、違う。映画の脚本家が書いた本なので、ハリウッドっぽい。少女のまわりの、ダメ人間たちが、ひとつひとつ人生を生きなおしていいやつになっていくのである。読む価値あります" "大好きな両親を失った女の子ウィローが、ドラマチックな展開で新しい家族を見つけます。ウィローのために奮闘する大人たちや友達も素敵です。YA本ですが大人の方が読んでも十分楽しめます。ぜひ読んでみてください..." "I've read this with several children who loved it (as did I). It deals with very difficult issues - grief, loss, feeling alone, feeling different - in a very sensitive and human way. The story is full of warmth and humour ..." "Grabbed me straight away, loved the character Willow and all her quirks. The story was moving and funny but felt like it only ever touched the surface of the characters and ended too soon ..."...A fantastic book for adults and children alike. Great characters. Sensitively written. Funny in parts ..."

  YA 계열의 소설이지만 남녀노소관계없이 읽어 볼만한 책이다. 특히 요즘같은 시절에 희망을 말해주는 책이기도 하다. 의미있는 대사가 많고 등장 인물들의 성격이나 글의 구성은 이 책을 더 매력적으로 만드는거 같다. 특히 유머러스한 대사는 읽으면서 많이 웃었다. 책의 구성이 읽기에 편하고 진도가 잘 나가는 책이었다.

 'LUCKY' 라는 것은 무엇인가 ? "FAMILY' 라는 것은 무엇인가 ? 인간의 'RELATIONSHIP' 은 무엇인가 ? 등 다양한 질문들에 대해서 생각하면서 읽게 된다. 물론 부정적으로 평을하면 너무 'WISHFUL THINKING' 한 책은 아닌가 하고 말할 수 있다. 하지만 이 책은 읽을 만하다.  

"Life, I now realize, is just one big trek across a minefiled and you never know which step is going to blow you up" "I go outside and sit on the steps. I'm not waiting. I'm just being. Time exists only in my mind ..." "It's not a scientific way to view event sequence, but given what's gone on in my life ...."

"The burden of ownership means everything has a price"  " .... until recently that emotions could be so contagious. I now know why comedians are important in culture."

" .... at every stage of living, there are 7 people who matter in your world. They are people who are inside you. They are people who you rely on. They are people who daily change your life ......"