DEAR CANADA: Railroad

Not much to say about this one. It's more slice of life than historical, but not in a particularly engaging fashion. The other DC by the same author that I've reread was the similar, what with not much happening, but different in that at least the story was engaging. 

Kate has a habit of capitalizing random things that she must think are Important, which I find Distracting. 

Her diary is filled with kid drama. Older brother's kind of a dick, especially when he reads her diary out loud at school. I despise that trope. Her best friend had to move away, so she hardly sees her and after the friend goes off to finishing school, she turns into a useless, ungrateful twat and is never called on it. The local friend that thinks of Kate as her best friend is a bit thin-skinned. Kate does slight her sometimes, but the girl acts like a hateful spoiled brat in return, so I don't even really like it when they finally made up at the end. 

The only things that really happen with the railroad are a bunch of people getting hurt or killed, and Kate's constant bad dreams about things happening to her father, who works for the railroad. 

The holiday story in A Season for Miracles actually was more enjoyable than the entire book. I liked the budding romance between Kate and Rusty, although after reading the epilogue in the main book, you know that never goes anywhere. On one hand, it's frustrating because they're cute. On the other, it's also nice to see a historical piece where the girl does not end up hitched to her first love. 

So anyway, decent book, not the best, a bit too much kiddie drama for me. On to...another railroad book. Is it the last one? Maybe.