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A review by dinamakan
The Shark Caller by Zillah Bethell
4.0
I was quite curious with this novel since the cover illustration caught my attention. Yes, I'm a huge fan of middle-grade and children stories.
I can only give four stars since I really love the story and the cover. I even thought that nobody pays attention to the main character because she's uninteresting for most of the villagers (or probably have a set of difficult traits). However, the fact that she's actually drowned in the sea and some people can see her revenge-mode spirit long enough felt a bit forced for me. I guess it would be better if she's actually a living person who becomes very difficult to please or often angry towards the villagers (especially the Head of the village and his family) after she's saved but her parents couldn't and the Head of the village tried his best to expel her for her decision to avoid math exam.
I can only give four stars since I really love the story and the cover. I even thought that nobody pays attention to the main character because she's uninteresting for most of the villagers (or probably have a set of difficult traits). However, the fact that she's actually drowned in the sea and some people can see her revenge-mode spirit long enough felt a bit forced for me. I guess it would be better if she's actually a living person who becomes very difficult to please or often angry towards the villagers (especially the Head of the village and his family) after she's saved but her parents couldn't and the Head of the village tried his best to expel her for her decision to avoid math exam.