This book is about a girl whose twin brother is kidnapped. She and her little sister have to figure out who took him and get him back. She makes friends along the way. It is a dystopian novel (kind of). She is cool. It is written how she speaks, and at first that's annoying, but it's actually cool and adds a lot to the story.
This book is pretty good. The story is very interesting and it was a fast read. The characters are good. My main complaint is that there are some story elements that seem really cheesy and incredibly stupid. Their futuristic world didn't seem well-developed enough to support the story. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes that genre. I'm a little tired of futuristic novels with teenage heroines, but this one was different and good.
Monday, April 28, 2014
Thursday, April 17, 2014
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
This book is about a kid named Charlie who is a freshman and he is a loner until he makes friends with a bunch of seniors. He learns life lessons. He also likes to read old books that his teacher gives to him and write essays about them.
I really liked it. The story was told in a diary format, which I don't usually like very much, but in this case it worked really well because the main character had a distinctive voice, which really added to his character. His personality seemed really developed, but some of the other's didn't. There were a lot of characters that had almost no dialogue and were just mentioned in passing, so it was a little hard to keep track of them. The story, rather than being a plot that the entire book was based around, was more of just an account of the events of a school year, and while there was a problem and it was resolved by the end, the book's structure was unusual. I really liked this book. It has some mature content, but it would be fine for anyone in our class. I would recommend it.
I really liked it. The story was told in a diary format, which I don't usually like very much, but in this case it worked really well because the main character had a distinctive voice, which really added to his character. His personality seemed really developed, but some of the other's didn't. There were a lot of characters that had almost no dialogue and were just mentioned in passing, so it was a little hard to keep track of them. The story, rather than being a plot that the entire book was based around, was more of just an account of the events of a school year, and while there was a problem and it was resolved by the end, the book's structure was unusual. I really liked this book. It has some mature content, but it would be fine for anyone in our class. I would recommend it.
Monday, April 14, 2014
Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell
This book is about a girl who has red hair and dresses really weirdly and an Asian guy who likes comic books. They are both weird. It is set in the '80s. I will not say anymore. I am afraid of spoilers.
I loved this book. All of the characters were very well developed, and it felt like the author wasn't writing about teenagers in that unflattering or inaccurate way that some authors do. Even though it was set in 1985, the timeframe didn't detract from the story or distract the reader. The writing style was great and the plot and sub-plots were very cool and seemed complete by the end of the book. There was a surprise ending. I recommend this book to anyone in our class. It has a little mature content.
I loved this book. All of the characters were very well developed, and it felt like the author wasn't writing about teenagers in that unflattering or inaccurate way that some authors do. Even though it was set in 1985, the timeframe didn't detract from the story or distract the reader. The writing style was great and the plot and sub-plots were very cool and seemed complete by the end of the book. There was a surprise ending. I recommend this book to anyone in our class. It has a little mature content.
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper
This week I read a book (see title of post). It is about a girl with cerebral palsy who is actually really smart and wants to speak and go to classes that are at her academic level. She deals with people who are stupid. Things happen.
I usually try to stay away from books involving diseases or disabilities because I find them incredibly cliche, and when people find out that you're reading something thought-provoking they want to have these deep, miserably uncomfortable conversations with you. I have no idea why I chose this. The writing style was okay, but that wasn't my main problem with it. The plot was very confusing. The author was trying to tell the reader that this girl is intelligent, but she tried way to hard and the book ended up redundant. I thought the main plot was going to be how she got this computer to help her speak, but that was only part of it. There was an entirely different plot. This was perhaps the most annoying thing about this book: I googled the author, and she was 57 when this was published, and it's told from the perspective of an 11 year old. She used incredibly dated slang and phrases and altogether tried way too hard to sound "young and hip" as my mother would say. At least she did a pretty good job of giving the reader a picture of the challenges of living with CP and parts of it definitely were thought-provoking. I think that this is more of my opinion, so I would recommend it if you want to form your own.
I usually try to stay away from books involving diseases or disabilities because I find them incredibly cliche, and when people find out that you're reading something thought-provoking they want to have these deep, miserably uncomfortable conversations with you. I have no idea why I chose this. The writing style was okay, but that wasn't my main problem with it. The plot was very confusing. The author was trying to tell the reader that this girl is intelligent, but she tried way to hard and the book ended up redundant. I thought the main plot was going to be how she got this computer to help her speak, but that was only part of it. There was an entirely different plot. This was perhaps the most annoying thing about this book: I googled the author, and she was 57 when this was published, and it's told from the perspective of an 11 year old. She used incredibly dated slang and phrases and altogether tried way too hard to sound "young and hip" as my mother would say. At least she did a pretty good job of giving the reader a picture of the challenges of living with CP and parts of it definitely were thought-provoking. I think that this is more of my opinion, so I would recommend it if you want to form your own.
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