The Beautiful Lost Character Analysis Essay

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Are the beautiful really lost or are they found? The Beautiful Lost by Luanne Rice, Maia is a 16 year old girl who struggles with depression after her mom left. Maia comes up with a plan to go cross country to find her mom but her plan takes a turn when her crush 16 year old Billy comes along. Together the two teens make their way from Crawford Connecticut USA to Tadoussac Quebec Canada. On their journey they come across several roadblocks and conflicts. The book has its ups and downs but overall it has an amazing story line.
The Beautiful Lost certainly does have its strengths and weaknesses. A big strength is that when you read the novel you feel like you're right there with the characters. Throughout the novel you feel like you’ve never left Maia’s side. You follow her wherever she goes and you feel like you're standing right beside her. For example when she says “The road narrowed, then practically disappeared into the overgrown brush. We felt branches swishing and smashing against the truck doors, and they nearly obscured the way ahead. The thicket enclosed us, but then the road widened slightly and we entered a clearing”(Rice, pg.144).Luanne does a good job on telling you what's happening and how they feel. …show more content…

Occasionally some of the characters just appear with without saying where they came from or how the got there. I think Luanne should describe how the character got there or at least where he/she came from. The book can be unclear sometimes when a new character comes into play but after a little bit it straightens out. Another weakness is the story isn't very realistic. I think Luanne could have done a better job at making the story line more realistic. So the it is more enjoyable the novel does have its parts where it can get boring but the book leads up to something

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