Junior Book Club Review of "You Must Already Be A Winner" by Chloe

By Chloe (age 11)

I really enjoyed this book because I liked the storyline and the themes it was set on.  I found the book had a major issue although most of the drama happened in the last part of the book. 
It was slow to get to the drama because the story just kept going through Olivia's everyday life, one day at a time, where some some stories might skip a week to get to the exciting part.

I noticed that most of the sentences were simple sentences rather than compound and complex sentences.

The story held a really important theme of care/help, ignorance and truth.  Olivia and Berk didn't have much of an idea about what was going on with their parents, so I think their parents should have sat down with Olivia and Berk to tell them what was going on and not to hide the truth from them.

I think that Bart is a really important part of the story.  As soon as Bart comes into the story he gives Olivia hope.  She then starts to face every day with a bit more of a positive attitude than what she was doing before.  Like true friends, Olivia and Bart get into fights, but then they make up to each other.

I really liked the part where Olivia discovered that Grant was dating Bart's Mum.  I found it quite funny.  It also unfolded quite a bit more of the story.

I believe that Olivia's Mum is very wrong.  It is not/never okay to put Olivia and Berk under this sort of pressure.  No matter what circumstance she is going through it is not okay to act the way she was acting.  Instead, she could have hidden her anger and sadness from Olivia and Berk and done what was good for them.

Rating 3 and a half


The Junior Book Club at Brunswick Library will not continue in 2019.
Brunswick Bound will be hosting a book club in the new year.  If you would like more information, get in contact with Megan on megan@brunswickbound.com.au

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