Book Review: Star of the Show by Jacqueline Wilson

Such a lovely, sweet, heartwarming and also bittersweet little read! I love JW Victorian novels and it was good to see another one come out.

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

Honestly, my only real problem was the ending, with there having been such a lack of closure I just felt pretty frustrated and mad. I mean I was actually ready to read more only to found the book came to an end. I mean there was so much unresolved, like what had happened with the situation with Cedric and his family wanting to adopt Ada, with it seeming like they had fallen out, which was a pity due to the friendship Tess had developed with Cedric, like was she never going to be friends with them again?! Also it's true that nothing was really resolved in terms of Tess and her siblings in the long-term, like Cedric's dad pointed out, like where they just going to live like that forever in financial instability?! Honestly it just annoyed me so much, there were so many loose ends that were not tied, so I am really hoping for a sequel.

The main thing that annoyed me about Cedric's parents wanting to adopt Ada was that it was so unfair on Tess who was the one who was friends with Cedric, meaning she would have had to watch her little sister get to live a life of luxury with her friend while she had to continue living in poverty. It also wasn't fair on Tess's other siblings as it means that only one of their siblings gets a happy ending while the rest of them would still struggle.

I get the message of how you can still be happy even if you're living in poverty, as long as you've got a loving family, but in reality there has to at least be financial stability in the long-term for them to actually be happy in the long-term, which is what the ending needed to address more. Like I say as well it was disappointing to see Tess and Cedric's friendship seemingly dissipate, just because of their class differences, as this should have been addressed really.

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