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Hey Guys. It’s been so long since I was on here last and I’ve missed you guys. Dunno if anyone remembers me but hi!!! *realizes she’s already rambled*

Okay, my goal is to keep this short and sweet. Idk if anyone here has read The Penderwicks or the rest of the series but they’re really good. Especially for kids…

So maybe it’s just that I’ve kinda grown out of them against my will but the books have started to bother me a bit (especially my most recently read one, On Mouette Point) because of their unbalanced ‘perfection’ and ‘imperfection’ if you guys know what I mean.

Basically what I mean is that there’s the part where Jeffery finds his dad and then won’t talk to him because he somehow wants to blame his past of not having a dad on him even though he (the dad, Alec) didn’t  know Jeffery existed – imperfection. Jane’s bloodly nose – imperfection. Aunt Claire’s sprained ankle – imperfection. Skye’s temper – imperfection. But then the girls are all A-students in their specific ‘field’: Rosy – Latin, Skye – Math and Science, Jane – English, Batty – Music. It’s all perfection.  And if they fight they always make up and Rosalind is the perfect leader.

I don’t really know what I’m trying to say but it just bothers me that their lives are so perfect. And I know they aren’t perfect because of the ‘imperfections’ I’ve already mentioned. But basically, for reasons I don’t know, the books suddenly feel fake and stale to me.

So my question(s): is this legit or am I just dissecting the books too much? And, if this is legit, how can I avoid it in my own writing?

I still think that Birdsall is brilliant btw.