On the Jellicoe Road

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for posterity, i will announce here that i did not cry. but this is definitely a crying-type of book for those of you that way inclined. i got that throat-thing that happens before a good cry, which is unusual enough for me, but i expect you people will cry like when a puppy dies on your birthday.

This is a book that I will reread again and again and know that eveytime it will still impact me as it did the first time I read it. In this case, things aren't really looking good for Taylor—the dude in charge says she has a lot of weaknesses and isn't a popular choice for the job. Still, she knows Jellicoe better than any of the others and has been there the longest, which is pretty important for someone who has to negotiate territory stuff.Taylor is tormented by the grief and uncertainty of her abandonment and keeps herself emotionally distant from others. She has few memories of her childhood, but when her history starts presenting itself she begins a relentless quest for answers. Bernard Williamson, chairman of Great Yarmouth Preservation Trust, behind what was the main bar at the Iron Duke pub. (Image: Jess Coppings) Interrupted Suicide: Though Taylor didn't realize it at the time, she was this to Jonah. She was also the reason Tate's slow suicide took seventeen years instead of happening immediately. Subverted with Fitz, aka the Hermit, who Taylor had to witness die. Tate and the rest of the group also may have interrupted Hannah's attempt. That doesn't mean the job is totally hers yet, though. The other house leaders can also overrule her appointment as leader in a unanimous vote and install one of the other protégés instead of her.

time flashes forward ... histories bleed together and two generations of friends bear uncanny resemblances to one another. Readers may feel dizzied and disoriented, but ... they will find themselves ensnared in the story's fascinating, intricate structure. A beautifully rendered mystery. Kirkus Silently I vow to keep Raffy around for the rest of my life." I was quite emotionally affected (I'd say 'manipulated' if not for the negative connotation of that word) by the nostalgic atmosphere Marchetta creates here. The nostalgia for the beauty of childhood and adolescence, for the friendships of the kind that you can only have before you reach adulthood, for the safety of childhood (no matter how messed up it can be), for the safe haven of Jellicoe School for the lost and messed up children. Yes it was confusing but I love figuring things out. We got passages set in the past, which didn't follow a proper time line. The mystery of not knowing what was going on or how things connected added to my enjoyment. I needed to know how everything fit.Self-Made Orphan: Played half-straight. Jonah killed his father, but his mother's still alive. The bastard deserved it, though. Overall, this ended up being a middle of the road story for me. I do suspect that I'm not doing this story justice though. I was just too lost for most of the book to take much away from the experience this time around. Taylor is marched to a hut out in the woods and tells us that since she was in seventh grade, she's been being trained to "take over." Take over? Take over what? These people have history and I crave history. I crave someone knowing me so well that they can tell what I'm thinking.”

Cool and Unusual Punishment: Choi, when captured by the Students, is forced to play chess. To be fair, they only did it because they thought he'd be good at it. (He wasn't.) It was finished in 1948, with its counters made out of teak from Admiral Jellicoe’s flagship, HMS Iron Duke, which led the British fleet in the Battle of Jutland.

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Seventeen year old Taylor Markham has been living on the Jellicoe Road after being abandoned by her mother at a local 7-11. The school she attends partakes in traditional games of territory wars where Taylor eventually becomes a leader. I know many people did not enjoy this book because of the writing style and the confusion of the first half. It's definitely not everyone's cup of tea. But for me, it was perfection.