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It wouldn’t be spoiling the story to say it is about teen suicide seeing that is the main aspect of its promo.

There aren’t many stories about teen suicide, and judging from this one, there aren’t many good ones.

“Kite Spirit” tells of Kite’s grieving process following the suicide of her best friend, Dawn, an accomplished oboe player, ‘A’ student and perfectionist. Kite’s grief is palpable in the first few pages, until we are subjected to recurring words and phrases, chapter after chapter. We see not so much a grieving teenager but a self-centred whining teenager who has her best friend’s death to deal with.

The scenario changes when Kite’s loving Dad, Seth, takes her to his geographical origins in the Lakes District of England; but the wallowing, self-pitying, repetitive tone doesn’t let up. The house they rent, the waterfall, stream and paths didn’t make much visual sense to me. And everyone she meets seems negative in Kite’s jaundiced eye. There is a love interest with Garth that isn’t well-developed – insta-love some would call it.

Garth is building a sculpture of sorts in a temporarily-dried-up riverbed that was flooded by a dam for Manchester city’s electricity supply, where Seth’s forebears lived. Some chapters later, we are conversely told that another valley in which Agnes Landseer, Garth’s grandmother and Kite’s temporary landlady, lives, could be the place where Seth’s great grandparents lived. Contradictory.

The ghostly scenes and the owl references just made me want to roll my eyes. The author could have told either a ghost story or kept it real, but by using a mish-mash, she did neither well.

There are endless descriptions of the scenes. Really! This is just filler in an otherwise fairly plot-less narrative. The elements and scenes feel cobbled together to make a novel, but it could have easily fitted into a short story, as IMHO there is no plot or revelation, and no character development that I could discern.


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Kite Spirit Sita Brahmachari 9780330517928 Books Reviews

A gentle read about the devastation of losing, finding and understanding.

We follow Kite as she tries to come to terms with the suicide of her best friend Dawn. Going through the stages of grieving, there is plenty of `what if' and `why' for Kite to think about.

I was first introduce to Sita Brahmachari with `Artichoke Hearts', however I didn't actually finish the book because I wasn't fond of her way of writing as it was quite childish and I couldn't engage well with the story. Having said that in this book Brahmachari guides the reader through the delicate process of losing someone, using delicate wording to convey different meanings effectively. I really enjoyed the meaning of the owls, along with many hidden meanings that are there to help keep Dawn alive in spirit and for Kite to cling on to some kind of reality.

A gentle, delicate and easy read. Covering such a sad subject is hard to understand but Brahmachari has tackled it well. Not the best book in the world, but good in its own way.
It wouldn’t be spoiling the story to say it is about teen suicide seeing that is the main aspect of its promo.

There aren’t many stories about teen suicide, and judging from this one, there aren’t many good ones.

“Kite Spirit” tells of Kite’s grieving process following the suicide of her best friend, Dawn, an accomplished oboe player, ‘A’ student and perfectionist. Kite’s grief is palpable in the first few pages, until we are subjected to recurring words and phrases, chapter after chapter. We see not so much a grieving teenager but a self-centred whining teenager who has her best friend’s death to deal with.

The scenario changes when Kite’s loving Dad, Seth, takes her to his geographical origins in the Lakes District of England; but the wallowing, self-pitying, repetitive tone doesn’t let up. The house they rent, the waterfall, stream and paths didn’t make much visual sense to me. And everyone she meets seems negative in Kite’s jaundiced eye. There is a love interest with Garth that isn’t well-developed – insta-love some would call it.

Garth is building a sculpture of sorts in a temporarily-dried-up riverbed that was flooded by a dam for Manchester city’s electricity supply, where Seth’s forebears lived. Some chapters later, we are conversely told that another valley in which Agnes Landseer, Garth’s grandmother and Kite’s temporary landlady, lives, could be the place where Seth’s great grandparents lived. Contradictory.

The ghostly scenes and the owl references just made me want to roll my eyes. The author could have told either a ghost story or kept it real, but by using a mish-mash, she did neither well.

There are endless descriptions of the scenes. Really! This is just filler in an otherwise fairly plot-less narrative. The elements and scenes feel cobbled together to make a novel, but it could have easily fitted into a short story, as IMHO there is no plot or revelation, and no character development that I could discern.