The Elegance of the Hedgehog

It took me awhile to get into this book. The main character, Renee Michel, is not particularly endearing at first, much like how she is with the other characters in the book. There is a lot of philosophy discussion as well. But as Renee starts to open up to her new neighbor Kakuro and solemn Paloma, I started to like and appreciate her as well. I also really enjoyed the intermittent “profound thoughts” of Paloma; there were so many I wanted to stop and write down.