Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

There is no bigger fan of The Glass Castle, and I dislike giving a poor review, but I found Silver Star to be sadly disappointing. And let me be clear, Silver Star fails all on its own - and not because it doesn't measure up to the transcendence of Glass Castle. While it contains a fair amount of action, it feels thin and lacking in depth. i won't rehash the plot lines since other reviewers have done a good job already. My take about 30 pages in was that this book should be marketed for teen readers. While the painful "bad mother" themes were revisited in this book, Walls did so with superficiality and hasty wrap-ups of mini plot lines, shallow dialogue, and quite frankly, cardboard villains and good guys. I don't see where the 4 and 5 stars are coming from, but that is the beauty of subjectivity. Books mean something different to everyone. Fans of Walls have been waiting for this book. It was such a letdown.