"Echo" by Francesca Lia Block
Block, Francesca Lia. (2001). Echo. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publisher. ISBN:
0-06-028127-8
This
was a very odd book to read. It threw me off a little and I found myself
rereading a page more than once. I was honestly not sure I was enjoying the
book until the last quarter. The character names are all very whimsical and
similar, (Echo, Eden, Eva, Storm, Thorn, Smoke) and their storylines are
intertwined in some way or another. Essentially, this is a book about love. Not
feeling loved, being jealous of love, all-consuming love, unhealthy love, losing
love, never forgetting love. The protagonist, Echo, travels from place to place
chasing love in a few different forms. She starts off trying to earn love from
her father and not feeling deserving of it. She jumps from lover to lover, and
this novel isn’t shy about masturbation or sexual encounters, in order to try
to find the perfect love that will understand her and make her radiate like her
mother.
I was a
little shocked at some of the sexual content in this book, but it really isn’t
anything too risqué. I think the focus on the evolving meaning of love for
people is one that hits home in many readers. There are too many people out
there who are not getting the love they deserve or, feel they don’t deserve the
love they are getting. Although the plot was difficult to follow at times, the
message is still adamantly clear: Sometimes there a lot of ups and downs with
love, but each of those experiences prepares us for the big love waiting at the
end of the ride.
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