Review: This book will have an impact on you
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 12, 2014
Roberta Peters’ ‘Mystic Meadow: Life of a Teenage Trash Psychic’ is a delightfully addictive read that is impossible to put down once you begin. Readers of the young adult genre will especially enjoy this story as the plot, the characters, and the circumstances are relatable on so many different levels.The plot focuses on the life and tribulations of teenager Gypsea, a girl with troubled past foreshadowing her difficult advent into adulthood. Gypsea was born into unfavorable circumstances with a mentally ill mother and an absentee, but loving father, an abusive man she cannot stop loving, and serendipitously gets indirectly involved in a tragic situation where she is labeled guilty by association, working as a psychic . and a difficult life. The struggles of Gypsea are something many of us can relate to, and there times as I was reading I had to take a pause to fully digest what I had just read because I could recall so many similar situations in my life.I started reading this book around 8pm, and by the time I finished it was around 4am, but it didn’t feel like a long read. I took my time reading this book. The author is very talented at what I call the presentation of humanism, or has that gift of using compelling language, descriptions and dialogue to make the reader feel and think as if they are in the story as the main character. This talent, coupled with the lifelike plot and challenges, made for an addictive read.Overall, I found the story to be brilliantly written, and set with modern real day problems we all can relate too. If you are looking for a story to get into the modern day realities of struggling, life, family, despair, forlornness, and trying to hold onto hope or seek out inspiration, I would recommend this book to you.