by Anna Jarzab
Once I started reading, I could not put this book down.It is not normal to claim that a sister who is alive is dead. Yet this is exactly what Caro did. Caro denied Hannah's existence after she withdrew into a convent. It is that lie that plants the seed for the coming events and also the recounts of...
But sister, it's the opposite of hallelujahIt's the opposite of being youYou don't know 'cause it just passes right through youYou don't know what I'm going through So goes the title track of Jens Leckman’s 2005 EP, The Opposite of Hallelujah. It’s also one of two epigraphs that appear in Anna Jarza...
I loved the cover of this book and the font on the front was calling me. Something about having your sister move away to be a nun and then suddenly moving back home because she has decided that was not “her calling”, it got me to thinking. What would cause someone to finally decide to switch gears ...
The Opposite of Hallelujah begins with a teenage girl, who was basically raised as an only child, dreading the return of her estranged sister. This is just the first layer of the story. In this book, we are taken along a journey of self-discovery through the eyes of Caro Mitchell. Anna Jarzab create...
This is a big book filled with big ideas. What does it mean to be sisters? How do you deal with grief? What about jealousy? What do you think about faith and God? How do you handle change?Caro is just about to start her junior year in high school when the sister who left to join a convent when Caro ...
At the heart of The Opposite of Hallelujah, I think the message is that your actions don't just effect yourself. A lie, a decision to leave, hiding from your problems, and pain can't be isolated to just you, it creates a wave to the people you love and that love you. Caro is a very relatable nar...
The main feeling I had throughtout this story was frustration. But I'll concentrate on the good things for the moment. The story as a whole was pretty good for a lazy Sunday afternoon read and it was really interesting seeing what life was like for Caro and Hannah, now that Hannah had left the conve...
2.5/5What’s interesting is how absolutely unlikeable Caro started out to be, yet I continued hoping that there was something more to the girl. Seeing herself as an only child is what starts it all: she’s spoiled, whiny and all the flaws pointed out in her were accurate. From lying to being self unw...
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