A very common literary device used in this book was a metaphor. Jeannette compared her relationship with her family to a glass castle. This adds meaning that it was delicate and fragile. I believe Jeannette used this comparison because it had a close personal connection to her. I personally believed this was a very interesting way of describing a relationship with your family while comparing it to glass.

The themes in this book include poverty, the need for education and knowledge. Jeannette strives for knowledge and education in the book but her family disagrees with her ways and are very minimalistic and poor. I chose Jeannette because she is a very ambitious and outgoing person. She has strayed away from her parents because she did not believe in there ways. For example when she was in the hospital and her dad was acting crazy towards the nurse

Even though I have not read to far into the book yet, it has been really eye catching and entertaining. For a person who does not like reading this was a good book. It has lots of scene description and action. The overall theme of after life is also very interesting. The only problem with this book is that it‘s very long. If you enjoy long books, this is a book for you.

This book was not good. It does not catch my attention in any way. I feel it does not pull me in and is too descriptive. They spent too much time on the description of the scenes and not enough time for writing a good book. I have read to chapter 8 so far and there has only been one scene that caught my eye. I would not recommend this book to anyone who prefers more action while reading.