The Fixer Upper - Mary Kay Andrews

I read The Fixer Upper this six weeks by Mary Kay Andrews.  This book was published in 2010 so it is fairly new but still a little old. This is a fiction book and tells the story of a business woman whose company was caught in a scandal so after being fired she moves down south and repairs a house her dad recently inherited. The theme was that you cannot judge a book by its cover. It's a very common theme but seems to pop up a lot in this book. The house she is fixing up looks like it will be a lot more than it was a looks a lot uglier than it actually was on the inside. The main character Dempsy looks like she has to do with the scandal and later it is proven that she has nothing to do with it. Finally there is the old lady Ella Kate, she seems old and mean but really she is just mistreated by everyone and constantly moved around and misplaced and just takes a lot of warming up to.
The narrator of the story is in the third-person point of view. I don't like that at times because sometimes i would like to see what other people are thinking but can only see what Dempsy is thinking. The plot revolves around the idea of Dempsy being interrogated and accused of having to do with the scandal while she is away attempting to not only fix up the house but to patch up her life. The story slightly suggests things like don't trust anyone but then kind of changes it to try to not be naive.
I think the book didn't impact me very much. It kind of made me want to be a little less naive or something but didn't really change anything. The book didn't teach me a great lesson like I have a nice life compared to some people and maybe i should appreciate it but just slightly added to the don't judge a book by it's cover that we experience in everyday life.
I didn't like this book very much and it kind of was extremely predictable obviously in the end everything would work out and that's great and all but there were no surprises thrown into the book. No huge difficulties or nothing that didn't really go her way. This book has language and other stuff not suitable for people who are immature so i would not suggest this book to most middle schools. Additionally this book was not great so I would not suggest it to most people.

Emma Garza
12/27/2013
Rating: 1/5