Ella Minnow Pea – Book Review

As the leaders in the community force the citizens to drop more and more letters from their vocabulary, it became increasingly difficult to read the book. The lack of letters also means the author has had to use words that make the writing seem a little unnatural at times, but that is to be expected as the choice of words becomes more and more limited. Obviously, these two factors demonstrate the difficulties the characters are facing. 

This story is an example of how quickly a government can change and is a gentle contemplation of events such as the Nazis’ rule. The punishments seemed unbelievable to me and the community was strangely and too quickly submissive so it didn’t completely convince me, but again, this does make the reader consider certain events in history. With the book being classed as Young Adult, which I didn’t realise until I started, these are important topics to explore. 

I gave it 3/5 stars.