Please ignore Vera Dietz BOOK REVIEW

Can I just start by saying this book was absolutely amazing.

Please ignore Vera Dietz by A.S.King

Released: October 12th, 2010
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
Pages:326
Buy it: Book Depository (free shipping)

I came across this novel in one of my many trips to the school library; after convincing my friends I had to 'return a book'. I had heard of A.S.King by many You-Tubers who insisted on reading her novel 'Everybody sees the ants' which i have not read. Please ignore Vera Dietz being the first (defiantly not he last) book I have read by her. When I randomly spotted this book I was overly excited and borrowed it straight away. I didn't expect it to be as brilliant, as is it was.

This is a story of a eighteen year old girl called Vera Dietz and the events after her best friend charlie; who she has secretly been in love with her whole life, dies. It is know that charlie has somehow betrayed her and she throughout the novel struggles with the secrets behind his mysterious death.

It is written mainly in Vera's point of view of present time but often skips back to her telling about her past. We see many different perspectives either from Vera's dad, Charlie speaking as a dead kid and randomly the pagoda building in the center of town. At one point I had to search up what a pagoda was (a Hindu or Buddhist temple or sacred building, typically a many-tiered tower) because I was utterly confused by who or what was speaking in some of the chapters. 

I think the main reason I loved this story so much is that even though the whole book is basically about Vera and Charlies relationship it doesn't seam like it is always focusing on their love and its drama,  instead it backs up the reasons behind why all their lives are the way they are. Every question I had while reading was eventually answered.

Vera was an amazing character and I feel that makes a whole lot of difference towards if I was going to enjoy the book or not. She was the hero of the novel and as secrets were being told I didn't find her annoying or cowardly.

A quote by Publishers Weekly, Starred reviewing the novel "Deeply suspenseful and profoundly human." speaks of the uncertainty and apprehension that the novel gives off. I loved this about the book in the way it didn't make you feel as if you had it keep reading to find out more, but instead unknowingly made you keep reading on and feeling as if you needed to read more to be part of the characters stories.

A.S.King is such an amazing author and made me feel as if I was in the book and experiencing exactly what the characters were. I will defiantly be reading her other books in the near future. Visit her website for book reviews and more.

- Grace

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