LitPick Review
In "The Window Seat Manifesto", a girl talks of her problems and her perspective on life as a teenager. In the duration of three parts, she explains about what she thinks of her life, a teenager's nature, and the relationship between parent and child. Through inspiring and somewhat poetic words, she expresses her feelings as she sits by the windowseat and stares into the sky.
Opinion:
I found this compilation interesting. I enjoyed the words and the way they flowed. The writing was beautiful. I also found the concept intriguing. However, there were several things about the book that I found disappointing. When reading a book you want to have a purpose for reading it. If it's fiction, you read for entertainment; if it's non-fiction, you read to gain knowledge on a subject. "The Window Seat Manifesto" doesn't fit under either category. I felt that the book did not really have a purpose. It seems that the character is expressing her feelings for no reason. Also, I found it very short, at less than ten pages. It seemed that the girl who wrote it had no clear ending. Though writing about your feelings and expressing yourself is great, I believe it shouldn't really be published, as there is nothing that you can gain from it. In addition, it is not clear who the target audience is supposed to be. And the last thing I found unsatisfying was that the title did not relate much to the text, as the window seat is only mentioned once or twice.
However, the words flow beautifully and the language is somewhat poetic. Because of this I think the writer should continue to write, but write a longer, more captivating novel. It seemed to me that the author quickly wrote a couple of pages and handed it over to the editor in search to publish something or anything. There is certainly potential for a great read to be produced by this author.