Review: Sisterland by Curtis Sittenfeld

[jovanovi]

Sisterland is a story of twins who have "senses" or psychic ability. One sister (Vi) embraces this ability and uses and exploits it while the other (Kate) chooses to suppress it. The story centers around the prediction of an earthquake in St. Louis, by Vi, the city in which they live. It depicts how both sisters handle the public prediction and all that comes with it.

It's really a story about the sisters and family and is written from Kate's perspective. It goes along pretty quietly (some could say it gets a bit boring) until about three quarters of they way through when there is an unexpected twist that livens it up a bit and makes you want to see how it ends.

I like how in the narrative, Kate reveals the future in tiny bits along the way. Her revealing these bits makes the story more engaging by making you want to read further to find out how that bit came to be.

Overall, I would give it a 3 out of 5 stars.

[sahmoun2778]

My sister read this book and rated it about the same.