Maggie Elizabeth Harrington
Maggie Elizabeth Harrington
By DJ Swykert
Maggie Elizabeth Harrington is a
book that depicts the transition from childhood to adolescence in an original
manner. The narrative style is specific to a teenage girl, Maggie Elisabeth,
who is the protagonist. The reader has access to a real world seen through her
eyes and to a dream world, often mentioned by the main character.
Thoughts and facts, as well as feelings, are specific to the way of
thinking met among teenagers. Love and divinity are two important themes in
this novel, and the perception is divided between the general view (a social perspective)
and the particular view (a personal perspective).
The leitmotiv of the novel seems to be the relationship between man and
animal, namely humans and wolves. The ritual of drowning cats gives a round
aspect to DJ Swykert’s book, being present (in fact) at the
beginning of the story and (in theory) at the end of it. This relationship might
be seen as a metaphor regarding the duality of human being: these two elements
represent the sensibility and the feeling, as well as the rules of the society
versus the wilderness of soul.
Even though I expect an
evolution of the writing style and a striking development of the protagonist in
the next book, I recommend Maggie
Elizabeth Harrington as a
book of self discovery.
Andreea Pădurean

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