Sevim Ak's "Moving to a New House" is, in a word, strange.
The plot, of a boy who resents getting the smallest room in their house and decides to hide away from his parents out of spite, is reasonable enough. However the telling of it and the resolution are very odd.
The dialogue is stilted and rings untrue (possibly a poor translation?) and the ending seems to have no rhyme or reason. The author typically writes stories for children and perhaps with the right illustrations this would appeal to a child's imagination. As for me, I just didn't get it.
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