I am going to start off by stating the obvious-I am not a literary critic. I can't say to you this book deserved to win out of the thousands of books written last year. I just believe a book is good when I feel invested in the characters and I want to keep reading to find out what happens to them. To me, that is a good book. Whether it makes me laugh or cry, I start to imagine the characters and the setting in my mind and to 'see them'. (that's why I never like movies that are made from books- because it never matches my own imagination!)
