accident. Her mother passed away and with that, the whole family fell
apart. Sam’s older sister, Lena, moved away right after the crash and
got an internship that took her far away. Then her older brother, to
help cope with the loss of their mother and numb his pain, began to do
drugs. Additionally, the dad falls into depression and eats junk food,
along with not really knowing how to take care of his children.
The majority of the plot takes place either at Sam’s house, Eliot’s
house, or school. Since Sam has very bad leg pain after the accident,
she falls into “blankness,” shunning the whole world and locking herself
in her room. She couldn’t remember anything about that day, except the
sparkling glass on the street. She tuned the whole world out and lost
her friends. She never thought she was going to get her life back on
track- and she was okay with that. Well, until she met Eliot.
Eliot is a reckless boy who judges people after analyzing their
personality traits using the Myers-Briggs chart. Eliot also has a secret
that he plans on keeping to himself. When people find out Eliot’s
secret, Sam comes out of her “blankness” and decided to bring it upon
herself to protect her friend, at all costs.
This is Laura Tims’s second book. It was slow at first, filling in
background knowledge of what happened in the past, but after the first
few chapters, the drama kicked in and you were pulled in, wanting to
find out more about the characters. The Art of Feeling would definitely
appeal to a teen audience. It covers topics that teens struggle with,
such as depression, drug abuse, bullying, grief, and coping after the
loss of a parent.
-Olivia Grade 8
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