Bella’s books: Millie Bobby Brown’s debut, The Nineteen Steps – review

Bella Fry is a Wellington teenager who reviews young adult books for her Canvas column.

Nineteen steps This is Millie Bobby Brown’s debut book, co-written by ghostwriter Kathleen McGurl. It’s about
An 18-year-old girl named Nellie who had a completely normal and pleasant life before the outbreak of World War II. When the war rages, he depicts the struggle for life. It shows the journey she goes through to overcome the tragedies she has experienced and lead a happy and healthy life.

In the first pages I didn’t want to read it because it seemed like an old-fashioned autobiography and quite boring. But as I continued reading the first chapter, I wanted read this and not feel like I’m had j. The reason was that it was not too difficult and the words were simple. It also wasn’t too old fashioned to understand. I could also easily imagine what the surroundings and people looked like because they were written in a way that was easy to imagine or understand.

My favorite character would have to be Nellie. It seems like this would be an obvious choice and not a very creative one, but she is actually a very nice and outgoing person who is kind and can reflect on her mistakes, but is not afraid to press issues that are important to her or put a man on the spot. in his place – especially at that time.

One of the best things is when she is so selfless that even when the person she was madly in love with comes back from the dead. She still decides to marry her fiancé, Billy, because she knew that doing so would destroy him. And it’s because of this that Billy ultimately allows her to go to her one true love (Ray) because he didn’t want her to have to live in regrets her whole life. And as the couple runs down the road, finally reunited, and with Nellie still in her wedding dress, they share one last “melting” kiss.

I felt strongly about what was happening and could easily take Nellie’s side. That’s part of knowing it’s a good book. One of the things that really bothered me was that Nellie loved Billy but was in love with Ray. So when Nellie was told that Ray was dead, I didn’t think it was true because no one had actually confirmed it, all they saw was the plane crashing. It turns out it was true and I was relieved because it meant Nellie wasn’t stuck living a quiet life in Bethnal Green with the boy next door, even though deep down she wanted to travel.

The main traumatic disaster was actually based on real events, which was shocking to learn about. It was really fascinating to read, but extremely sad to see things slowly unfold and nothing could be done to stop it. What I took away from that scene was that someone said, “These were unnecessary, unnecessary and unwanted deaths, and people are dead even though there were no actual injuries.” It was completely true and I felt very sorry for Nellie and her family when it happened, especially since they had only recently experienced another traumatic event.

Overall I give it 10/10. It was exciting and exciting to read, but also sad. I would highly recommend this to my friends as well as adults, but due to the number of sad deaths and the fact that there is a war going on, I would not give this to children under the age of 12. because they would probably be bored. The biggest thing I learned is to take risks while you have it because you never know what will happen between now and then.

Nineteen steps Millie Bobby Brown (HarperCollins, $35)