I Capture the Castle

This one has some really glowing professional reviews, especially for its narrator, but honestly it was more of a 3.5 for me. Or perhaps less, I'm afraid. But that's largely due to personal baggage. My issue was twofold: 1) romantic triangle hijinks that made me cringe, and 2) I think everyone loves the narrator partly because her family members are kind of awful, so she's great by comparison. I don't mean to say she isn't a neat character, but I really had a hard time with some of her family members and how she relates to them; maybe it hit too close to home.

Technically, though, I think this is a great example of telling a story with a limited point of view, so I didn't want to let my angst drag down the overall review too much. ;)