I chose this book after going through my emails and finding an old reading list from last year that I never got around to. I made this list after watching "Stuck in Love" (Mel's fave) and deciding that any book that changes a person's life that much (fictional or not) is worth reading. (Plus, it's another children's book. Slow and steady.)
Dear Mr. Henshaw had that sort of open-ended ending that always leaves me the slightest bit unsatisfied--maybe because I'm so used to happily-ever-afters. But it's a not the bad kind of unsatisfied; it's the kind that jolts you back into reality and helps you accept the things you can't change in your own personal life from the lessons you just learned from your fictional escape. I thought the style of writing (mostly one-way correspondence) was refreshing and I appreciated the author's inclusion of subtle details (i.e., typos) to show the progress of the protagonist's development--personally, and consequently, in writing. Overall, it was a nod to the recent events in my life: things suck but they'll get better. Just gotta figure out who my Mr. Henshaw is.
