The Unbecoming Of Mara Dyer: An Analysis

The book I chose for my independent reading project was The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer, by Michelle Hodkin. I would recommend this book to people between the ages of 14 and 18. Hopkin's book is in the category of young adult novels which describes the ages I would recommend. There were definitely negative points to this book but the positives outweighed them.
The negative components to this book were present throughout the novel. From the first paragraph I I could tell the writing style would disappoint. The sentence flow was weak and bored me. Reading for long periods of time was difficult due to this. Also, the writing style in general was unintersting. While reading I felt as though it could have been a ok but not great college essay. Reading books by authors like Stephen King of Colleen Hoover befor this would leave you wanting more. Propper grammer was used but there is a set of expectations for published novel that this one …show more content…
I understand this is fiction but a novel should have a level of relatability. Mara’s post traumatic stress disorder is realistic in the beginning of the novel but it soon became annoying and overplayed. This is a serious topic that tons of people suffer from. Simple social situations which gave Mara little to no stress were disturbed by this disease; In real life most of the occurrences would never happen.
Post traumatic stress disorder lead to Mara getting a power that could be considered a “superpower”. Superpowers are used a lot in fiction young adult books but they should only be used to a certain extent. Both Mara and Noah get these powers after a disturbing incident when they live far from each other. Not only did this happen but their powers were connected. Also, Mara and Noah’s relationship grew much too quickly. He was known for being mysterious but he opened up to Mara soon after they met. Although there were some problems in this book I enjoyed many things in the