Earlier, when I said that this is a good book, I'm sorry, but I lied. This is a great book. And you have to read it. Please, please, please, read it!
This is a good book. There is really not much more to say. It seems unlikely, because it has such a bad description on the back of the cover. And because of its not very interesting book description I am very certain that of the people who pick it up, a small percentage actually read it instead of putting it away. The description is just plain boring, and to be honest, the only reason I bought it was because it was a $2.50 buy from a Scholastic book buying leaflet at my school. I have read this once before, and halfway through my re-read of it, I recommended it to a friend who read the back cover, and promptly tried to politely put it back down. I tried to explain that it really was a good book, but they were already lost. So don't you run away, going off to check another website.
Earlier, when I said that this is a good book, I'm sorry, but I lied. This is a great book. And you have to read it. Please, please, please, read it!
0 Comments
You know that summer is near when you are sore from a sunburn, almost don't post on time, and are beginning to try and create a stock pile of books for the summer when you have no access to a library. Yes, after the relentless winter, I am proud to say that warmth has finally arrived in my area (with it being Canada I probably just invited a snowstorm - fellow Canadians, don't get mad at me if so)! Kenneth Oppel is a good writer - I have read his 'This Dark Endeavor' series (a prequel series to Frankenstein by Mary Shelley), which I really liked. His writing style is just as great as I've ever read it in this book, a book about Ben, who is a boy who has lived as an only child for the first 13 years of his life - until one day when his scientist parents uproot and replant their family from Toronto, Ontario, to Victoria, British Columbia. Working for a new University, Ben's parents introduce a new little brother to the family who is not quite human. Hello! Sorry that there was a post missed by Elizabeth (apparently some people *cough* Elizabeth *cough* can't keep a publication date). Just kidding, she had a legitimate reason - we were surprised by the fact that we were getting a puppy that was halfway across the province on the day Elizabeth was going to write and publish her review. Anyways, we now have a cute 9 week old puppy named Thalia (aka Tally). Now, before I go on and rant about how great our dear Tally is, let me stop myself and actually write a book review. (Which, I'm guessing, is probably what you came here for.) What can I say about this book? It was written well (I will admit that it was written by 2 authors that I really like), but I did not find myself enjoying it a whole lot, although I do recommend it to some people - what I am saying will hopefully make more sense in a few minutes. |
AuthorsJason and Elizabeth are brother and sister book addicts who somehow manage to get along (most of the time). They reside in Canada with their dog Becky, and one (slightly insane) fly-hunting cat named Fish. Oh. And their parents. They're important too. Archives
July 2016
Don't forget to check out our Goodreads account!
Categories
All
|