The Whole Stupid Way We Are

Dec 21, 2014

The Bookworm says... No. The Whole Stupid Way We Are by N. Griffin was not my favorite book. Skint Gilbert and Dinah Beach live in a small town in Maine, and they are best friends. It's the dead of winter, but Skint refuses to wear a coat. Dinah, thinking she is looking out for him, tries to get him to wear a coat. All Dinah ever wants to do is help people, but she doesn't realize that sometimes, people don't need help. Or, her "help" is just worsening the situation. Help help help. Dinah helps everyone from Skint to a dancing donkey to Skint's dad. Skint's dad suffers from dementia, and Dinah just wants to help. But is it really Mr. Gilbert that needs help? This novel was written in the third person point of view, but there were certain points in which the line between third and first person was blurred. I also found it perplexing how Dinah sometimes referred to her parents as "Mom and Dad", and sometimes "Mr. & Mrs. Beach". The use of nicknames was confusing. I feel that the plot took much too to develop, and the amount of side plots was excessive. Over all, I did not really enjoy this book. 

"Go back, go back. Undo these days and let us go back to before."

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