We get to see the reasoning behind Prudence’s desire to always get ahead, from her fears about her body image and the way that she doesn’t feel pretty enough or smart enough to succeed without incredibly hard work. The amazing thing that Meyer is doing here is highlighting character development and growth. It never occurs to her that her lab partner Quint Erickson could have noble reasons behind his constant tardiness or that somebody doing graffiti on a billboard could be protesting against the treatment of animals. After all, she is entitled and she believes that her opinions about everything are correct instead of thinking about the reasons why people do what they do. Upon looking at the reviews for this book, something I noted was the passion with which readers really disliked the main character, Prudence. Her newfound karmic insights reveal how thin the line is between virtue and vanity, generosity and greed, love and hate.
When Pru resigns herself to working at the rescue center for extra credit, she begins to uncover truths about baby otters, environmental upheaval, and romantic crossed signals-not necessarily in that order. Quint is annoyingly cute and impressively noble, especially when it comes to his work with the rescue center for local sea animals. Pru giddily makes use of the power, punishing everyone from public vandals to mean gossips, but there is one person on whom her powers consistently backfire: Quint Erickson, her slacker of a lab partner. Her dreams of karmic justice are fulfilled when, after a night out with her friends, she wakes up with the sudden ability to cast instant karma on those around her. Related Post – My Favourite Fairy Tale RetellingsĬhronic overachiever Prudence Barnett is always quick to cast judgment on the lazy, rude, and arrogant residents of her coastal town.
I’ve read many of Meyer’s books, enjoying Heartless and The Lunar Chronicles and I was excited to see how she would mix up the usual formula of a rom-com. It’s an interesting idea and it’s one that Marissa Meyer exploits in her Contemporary YA debut, aptly named Instant Karma. When you open your eyes, you find that you have the ability to cast judgement on others with just the tightening of your fist: you can give out instant karma.
You’re singing karaoke in a restaurant which specialises in selling Shirley Temples and tostones when you slip and hit your head.
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