Unaccustomed Earth - 1

When first reading Unaccustomed Earth I wasn't very interested. The writing seemed a little dull to me and I didn't know where the story was going to go. But by a little over half way through I was completely invested and in love with this short story. The tone the author writes with for both the daughter and father are so different but at the same time the style of writing doesn't change. Every sentence conveys the emotions of that character and I felt completely connected with the characters through the authors words. I felt the tired, awkward, and unsure ness of Ruma and I felt the fatherly,watchful thinkng of her father through out the story. And once I became invested in those characters and I felt as they did I began to see the story develop and hope for a new leaf to turn in the father/daughter relationship, and I loved once the grandson and father became inseparable and bonded in a way that he never did with his own children. This story was amazing.