Title: Tries too hard- and falls short
Product review: While Elsewhere has grand ambitions, it falls short on the execution. Mrs. Zevin seems unsure of where she wants her book to lead, and the plot meanders through job-seeking, romance, and some completely irrelevent pursuits before its very satisfying end (the book is almost worth it, if only for the last 20 pages or so). In the middle, however, the reader must suffer through the annoying dialouge (reminiscent of grandparents and ever so predictable)and a frustrating, omniprescent narrator who likes to switch tenses and/or talk to readers as if they were 4-year-olds. In the same way, the talking dogs and other ilogical parts are a turnoff.Also, as some have mentioned, the romance between Liz and Owen is not only pointless but subtly disturbing. He is a thirty-something. She is a teenager. HELLO?Overall, not interesting to its intended audience, though younger children may enjoy it.
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