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4.0 3
Young Adult Fiction
167
Poetry Flying off of the Pages
(Updated: June 19, 2026)
Overall rating
4.0
Plot
4.0
Characters
N/A
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Reader reviewed by Keshia
In Francesca Lia Block's "Wasteland" the theme of love and closeness gets a new meaning. A teenager is trying to find out the truth about her brother's suicide but in doing so she has to confront herself about what happened between them that night.
The book is a bit choppy to read like poetry and goes from the points of view of the girl's dead brother, her, and a guy that likes her. It is extremely well written and not in the least bit graphic seeing as it is dealing with some sensitive issues.
The ending of the book left something to the imagination about what could happen next after the heart breaking conclusion. You have to read until the end of it to truly understand the meaning of it's beginning quote: "I'll be inside the one that holds you... and then I won't be."
Very good read.
In Francesca Lia Block's "Wasteland" the theme of love and closeness gets a new meaning. A teenager is trying to find out the truth about her brother's suicide but in doing so she has to confront herself about what happened between them that night.
The book is a bit choppy to read like poetry and goes from the points of view of the girl's dead brother, her, and a guy that likes her. It is extremely well written and not in the least bit graphic seeing as it is dealing with some sensitive issues.
The ending of the book left something to the imagination about what could happen next after the heart breaking conclusion. You have to read until the end of it to truly understand the meaning of it's beginning quote: "I'll be inside the one that holds you... and then I won't be."
Very good read.
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