Jacob Have I Loved
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I read this book originally in 2004 as part of a bookring at BookCrossing, http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/812661:
Young adult books are always dark. Why is this? What is it about adolescence that makes everything seem troubled and difficult and oh-so-serious?
Jacob I Have Loved is the very dark story of two fraternal twins, Louise and Caroline. Caroline is the beautiful one, the one who almost died at birth, the one who is frail and needs more help, the one with a beautiful voice.
I don't think I've read a book that better deals with the intense jealousies that siblings sometimes feel.
Young adult books are always dark. Why is this? What is it about adolescence that makes everything seem troubled and difficult and oh-so-serious?
Jacob I Have Loved is the very dark story of two fraternal twins, Louise and Caroline. Caroline is the beautiful one, the one who almost died at birth, the one who is frail and needs more help, the one with a beautiful voice.
I don't think I've read a book that better deals with the intense jealousies that siblings sometimes feel.
Louise and Caroline are twins, but they are nowhere near identical. In Louise's eyes, it is Caroline who is brilliantly talented and it is Caroline who is beautiful; Louise finds it is Caroline who is given special priviledges and treats while Louise is given nothing. The story is told from Louise's point-of-view so it is hard to tell whether Caroline's special treatment is real or is just the way it is seen from the eyes of a jealous sister. In some ways, it is obvious that Louise is cast aside; Louise's grandmother has nothing but disdain for her. Whatever the reality of the preferential treatment, it is very real to Louise. I couldn't help feeling deep sorrow for Louise as she is continually set aside and set aside for a lovelier and gifted sister.
