![]() ![]() You can't help but wonder which events are true, exaggerated, or possibly just in Mim's head.Ĭlassroom application: The novel could be used as an addition to literature circles focused around the issue of mental illness. From the start she comes off as dramatic, but as the book goes on, you begin to realize that she is probably struggling with mental illness. ![]() The larger issue, though likely intended by the author, was immediately being unsure of how much to trust Mim as a narrator. One distractor was constantly thinking of the character of the same name from The Sword in the Stone, though the characters have nothing else in common. Why I liked it: It took me a while to get comfortable with Mim, the protagonist of Mosquitoland. But when her thousand-mile journey takes a few turns she could never see coming, Mim must confront her own demons, redefining her notions of love, loyalty, and what it means to be sane. So she ditches her new life and hops aboard a northbound Greyhound bus to her real home and her real mother, meeting a quirky cast of fellow travelers along the way. Before the dust has a chance to settle, she learns her mother is sick back in Cleveland. The basic plot from Amazon: After the sudden collapse of her family, Mim Malone is dragged from her home in northern Ohio to the “wastelands” of Mississippi, where she lives in a medicated milieu with her dad and new stepmom. ![]()
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