Dani's Reviews > The Worst Thing About My Sister

Oh my. This book got on my nerves quite a bit. I'm not sure if it supposed to be like this or not.

My biggest problem is that the household felt quite toxic to me. The main character, Marty, was always being jeered at by her mum and her sister. Her mum was constantly asking her why she can't be like other girls and doesn't encourage her to be herself. The mum kept forcing her to do things she obviously didn't want to do. She was never supportive of Martys interests such as her drawing and told Marty that her drawing were silly and things like that. It was always small things but I feel like if I was constantly being told that everything I did and was interested in was silly and I should be doing other things I would probably end up with depression or something.

Melissa was also quite horrible. She was incredibly selfish and didn't think of other people at all. The mum also encouraged this as pretty much every time Melissa wanted something then Mum would get it for her.

Not gonna lie, I was close to tears in the end because I was so frustrated with the way that Marty was being treated. It was actually kind of horrible to read about and it was constant throughout the whole book.

I know this is a children's book but I did find this on horribly upsetting. I totally did NOT notice it when I read it as a child and I don't know if I'm over-thinking (or hormonal?) but this book did make me feel stupidly upset and all I wanted to do was reach into the book and be friends with Marty and give her a massive hug and we could draw superhero pictures together and play with our soft toys :((