SHRINKING VIOLET is gentle but ultimately underwhelming read that will perhaps be best received by shy girls who can relate to Tere's position and revel in her predictably happy ending. While the majority of the characters are three-dimensional and interesting, the slow pace of the plot makes it hard to get into Tere's story, especially as the description on the back cover is rather misleading in terms of the book's objective. Ultimately Tere spends very little time actually developing into a more outgoing personality over the air, a development that I believe would've contributed greatly to our understanding of and empathy for Tere. In the end, the mild character development is not enough to make SHRINKING VIOLET an emotional read in any senseâwhich is a shame, as the premise held so much potential.
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