Title: Kissing Doorknobs
Author: Terry Spencer Hesser
Published: March 10, 1998
Blurb (taken from Goodreads): During her preschool years, Tara Sullivan lived in terror that something bad would happen to her mother while they were apart. In grade school, she panicked during the practice fire drills. Practice for what?, Tara asked. For the upcoming disaster that was bound to happen? Then, at the age of 11, it happened. Tara heard the phrase that changed her life: Step on a crack, break your mother's back. Before Tara knew it, she was counting every crack in the sidewalk. Over time, Tara's "quirks" grew and developed: arranging her meals on plates, nonstop prayer rituals, until she developed a new ritual wherein she kissed her fingers and touched doorknobs....
Disclaimer: This book is about a young girl who suffers from obsessive compulsive disorder. If this is something you're bothered by then I don't recommend this book to you.
Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
Review: I had to read this for school. Normally I would never pick up a book about a girl that suffers from OCD, mostly because I never thought that would be something I could relate to. I also never would have picked this book up due to the hideous cover. I'm definitely a person who will buy a beautiful book without knowing anything about it, just because the cover is beautiful, and the cover of this book is ugly with a capital 'U'. I found this book to be incredibly boring and hard to read. The characters in this book were unbearable. I usually really enjoy books that help spread the word about mental illness, but this book was just not good. The mother in this book was abusive, and did not act the way I felt a mother would act in a situation like this. The only thing that saved this book from being a 1 star was the occasional good one-liners. Other than that, I found this book to be really mediocre.
Author: Terry Spencer Hesser
Published: March 10, 1998
Blurb (taken from Goodreads): During her preschool years, Tara Sullivan lived in terror that something bad would happen to her mother while they were apart. In grade school, she panicked during the practice fire drills. Practice for what?, Tara asked. For the upcoming disaster that was bound to happen? Then, at the age of 11, it happened. Tara heard the phrase that changed her life: Step on a crack, break your mother's back. Before Tara knew it, she was counting every crack in the sidewalk. Over time, Tara's "quirks" grew and developed: arranging her meals on plates, nonstop prayer rituals, until she developed a new ritual wherein she kissed her fingers and touched doorknobs....
Disclaimer: This book is about a young girl who suffers from obsessive compulsive disorder. If this is something you're bothered by then I don't recommend this book to you.
Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
Review: I had to read this for school. Normally I would never pick up a book about a girl that suffers from OCD, mostly because I never thought that would be something I could relate to. I also never would have picked this book up due to the hideous cover. I'm definitely a person who will buy a beautiful book without knowing anything about it, just because the cover is beautiful, and the cover of this book is ugly with a capital 'U'. I found this book to be incredibly boring and hard to read. The characters in this book were unbearable. I usually really enjoy books that help spread the word about mental illness, but this book was just not good. The mother in this book was abusive, and did not act the way I felt a mother would act in a situation like this. The only thing that saved this book from being a 1 star was the occasional good one-liners. Other than that, I found this book to be really mediocre.