Let the northern lights erase your name 1

This book has started off a lot better then expected. This is a story about family, love, self being, and importance. The main character, Clarissa, is not the typical protagonist, and I still can't figure out why the reader is so drawn to her. Clarissa leaves her boyfriend Panjak, without even saying a word. Once she finds out that her father was not her real birth father, she secretly packs and heads over seas. A person who can just sneak out in the middle of the night leaving their loved one behind is not someone that the reader usually cares for, but the author does such a good job of making you actually feel for this character. Another aspect of Clarissa that I am not too fond of is her outook on her family. She actually says in the story that she envies her retarted brother, because he does not understand that their father passed away. This is a horribly offensive thing to say, especially about a sibling. However when finding out about all of her troubles and secrets, you still feel sympathy for her. What I do like about this book is the feeling of freedom. The narrator speaks freely and does not restrict the true feelings about any topic. In this case, I think the obscene language is actually a positive addition.
It's hard to say whether or not Clarissa overreacts to learning about the information of her dad because I have never personally been in that situation. The reader learns a lot about the protagonist once she heads on her journey, because one event that occurs is Clarissa sleeping with another man, only to sneak out after. I am very interested to see whether or not Clarissa comes to terms with her family situations and heads back to the states, or whether she lets these secrets haunt her, and stays over seas.

Reading

It took me a very long time to find out that love to read. I have always been an avid fan of movies, and believed that I could get the same excitement out of stories from watching them as reading them. The first books that I started to read were James Patterson novels. My brother was reading "The beach house" when I was in the the 7th grade, and was telling me how great it was. From that book on, I was sold to anything that Patterson put out. Reading at least 15 of his books, I attribute my interest in reading because of those books. Eventually I learned that the two things I love to read are suspense, and biographies.
My favorite places to read is either on an airplane or in my bedroom at home. I think the reason I was always turned off to reading is because in grade school, the only books that we read were boring and insignificant. The only book I can remember reading for school that I liked was The Great Gatsby. Im still hoping they make a modern day adaptation for it too. The draw to reading now is that the information you acquire after reading is long lasting.