Gail Giles presents to us an emotionally hard to chew novel. Though heart-touching and full of personal troubles, I would not recommend this book to any weak-hearted or weak-minded individual. Girls Like Us is a good book if you are looking for something to get your brain thinking. Realistic hardships and true facts about the cruel world makes this book a good read if you are up to the challenge.
Short, but to the point, Zebra Forest quickly captivates your full focus with the plight of the Snow children. Emotionally touching and gripping; you will never forget this excellent tale of how long-kept family secrets can damage children. Impossible to put down! Any reader will love.
I really enjoyed this story, and found many people, (Angie espicially) very easy to relate to. Angie has a nice sense of humor, and I really think she portrays other high schoolers very nicely. All in all, I enjoyed the book, and think many others would as well.
The Dark Between started off slow but around page 70, things began to pick up. After the plot began to unfold, the book was difficult to put down. Nothing in the book seemed predictable, at least not too much, and each time I thought the book would take one turn, it took a different one and I was never able to pinpoint how the story would wrap up. The mysteriousness of the novel made it enjoyable and a fun read.
I really enjoyed reading The Extra and found it very interesting because very little has been written about how the Gypsies were sent to concentration camps in World War II. The characters were likeable, and you were able to connect with their feelings (if not the situations) and sympathize with them. I first chose this book because it was written by Kathryn Lasky who has written lots of good books, including the best-selling The Guardians of Ga’Hoole series. I also found this new book of hers to be very well written and interesting. There were, however, some rather intense and sad parts; but these are to be expected when talking about the Holocaust. All in all, I thought this was a wonderful book full of bravery and loyalty.
I think this book was excellent. It had a mixture of magical, kind of realistic, and adventure. I like that at the begining of the book it showed two different alphabets, Resse and Symbari.
How would you feel if all the miseries of the world were yours to fix? When I read Charis, I was sympathetic for her. I mean if you had to battle horrific monsters from the underworld,who wouldn’t freak out? I really liked how Nicole Walters uses a lot of details. It made the book a lot more interesting. Another thing I liked was it was very clear who was talking. It was really easy to follow, but interesting and fast paced. There is one con. The ending was kind of disappointing. All in all, though, I really liked it.
This book grabbed me with its description of a boy telling his own story. It seemed to be a mix between a horror and an autobiography, which it most definitely was. One of the first barriers to reading this book was a textual hurdle. Everything was typed out in nonsensical spelling. I wasn't ever sure whether that was for an effect for the experience of the book, or if it was just a sloppy choice of creative thought. While I appreciate expanding the ways to print, and use the paper with which you print a book, this did not work. Nearly every word was spelled wrong, phonetically.This made it incrediblly difficult to get through the book, which, in the end, I never did. The next suprising thing to me was the edginess of it all. I was fully aware that it came with a mature rating, however the things in this book really just weren't okay to be dwelling on. I'm not sure if that was clarified later in the book, but it honestly doesn't matter all that much. There was adultery, abuse, language, a boy who was locked up in his room from childhood.
The intriguing and confusing parts of the book usually came when the boy was describing his own psycological troubles. While I really do appreciate troubles in someone's life used to demonstrate something specific or to help you learn new things, in this context, it was not appreciated. The first words had me reading the book aloud to be able to read it, and it continued on with obsenities that I didn't feel necessary to fully understand the troubles the boy was experiencing.
This book was a dissapointment compared to what I expected, and had I known what it was or what it was supposed to be, I would have never attempted to read this book. I was frustrated by something as simple as the choice of misspelling the words because if that had been fixed I would have enjoyed the good parts found in the book to a fuller extent. The author dampened his possibly incredible affect on someone by choosing to make his book like this.
Wow. That’s the only word I can think to type right now, huddled up in front of my computer, my eyes glazed over and my movements still quite sluggish from staying in the same position for hours barreling through this book, only stopping to eat or possibly stretch. Just….wow. It was new, it was provocative, it was different. It is getting increasingly difficult to find a book that introduces a completely different idea that has not been influenced by other factors (other novels, media, recent events), but Patrick Ness certainly has—and with great and reckless abandon. His writing style and character development are close to flawless, and, along with vivid language and a sense of literary awareness, shape this book and make it a wonderful read. The only compliant I have is that, at the beginning, many unknown factors that are foreshadowed in a quick amount of time, making it a little hard to keep up with the novel until it eventually catches back up with itself again. Ending with a storyline that opens the door for a possible (and hopeful) sequel, More Than This by Patrick Ness is a glorious read for someone who is looking to add a little something more to their booklist.
“Hey.” He says, whispering it now. No one answers. Not a bird or a squirrel or the fox and her kits. No one answers from any quarter. He’s alone.”
I would recommend this book for ten and up, or for advanced comprehensive readers, as the storyline and plot can be hard to follow for younger booklovers. It has a few basic expletives, brief sexual references, and also mentions homosexuality, so if it bothers you or your child, you have been forewarned.
The boy is alone. Completely. He knows not where to go, or who to turn to. Will he be able to survive his strange new world—or will it be the one to finally conquer him? Patrick Ness’s More Than This is the only way to find out!
I like this book because it shows the trust behind promises. The boy was promised something by his grandfather and his grandfather showed him that nothing would stop him from keeping it. It had certain twists and turns in it that keep a reader on their toes. When something seemed wrong, it turned into something right on the next page. The characters were realistic. They had problems and difficulties like normal people. I recommend this for anyone 12+.