This was a lovely book which could be read by adults and children alike. It tells the story of 10 year-old August Pullman's first year at school, he had been home schooled due to the fact that he was born with a facial disfigurement.
This book made us think about what it would be like to be physically disabled or disfigured, having to deal with people staring and talking about you all the time. It also deals with bullying which thought was good, but some of the characters were a bit unrealistic.
We liked August's sister and her boyfriend and liked when the narrator changed to give a slightly different viewpoint.
The ending was lovely, very inspiring. Altogether an easy, enjoyable read.
Concept: 8/10
Plot: 6/10
Ending: 6/10
Add a twist? Not really applicable, it wasn't a twisty kind of story
Page Turner: No (although this wasn't a bad thing, it was a gentle story instead of gripping)
Who to slap? Julian's Mum
Where's the cheese? The convenient ending
Would we recommend? 10/10
Better as a ... Disney TV film
Total: 7.5/10
Susie will be choosing the book after next. From now on we will take turns in choosing a book to make sure every one gets a go.
Jen is hosting in January.
Sunday 14 December 2014
The Rabbit Back Literature Society by Pasi Ilmari Jaaskelainen
We reviewed this in November, so this is very late but I'll try and remember what we spoke about.
This book is bonkers, semi fantasy set in Finland where we assume most people believe in fairies and elves. There was so much going on in this book that we didn't know where to start.
There was the odd Laura White who was collecting children and then disappeared, was that relevant to the story? Probably only because it enabled Ella to go about asking questions and finding out what happened to the 11th member.
We liked the idea of books getting viruses and re-writing themselves, that could be a whole book in itself. We didn't like the rather random sex scenes, three quite disturbing images of rape, grossly fat people and doing it with other people in the room.
A highly amusing if somewhat confusing story.
Concept: 7/10
Plot: 5/10
Ending: 5/10
Add a twist: Take all the twists out and start again!
Page Turner? Yes
Who to slap: Laura White
Where's the cheese? Squashing sex scene
Would we recommend? 10/10
Better as a ... fairy story
Total: 7/10
Our next book will be Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks.
This book is bonkers, semi fantasy set in Finland where we assume most people believe in fairies and elves. There was so much going on in this book that we didn't know where to start.
There was the odd Laura White who was collecting children and then disappeared, was that relevant to the story? Probably only because it enabled Ella to go about asking questions and finding out what happened to the 11th member.
We liked the idea of books getting viruses and re-writing themselves, that could be a whole book in itself. We didn't like the rather random sex scenes, three quite disturbing images of rape, grossly fat people and doing it with other people in the room.
A highly amusing if somewhat confusing story.
Concept: 7/10
Plot: 5/10
Ending: 5/10
Add a twist: Take all the twists out and start again!
Page Turner? Yes
Who to slap: Laura White
Where's the cheese? Squashing sex scene
Would we recommend? 10/10
Better as a ... fairy story
Total: 7/10
Our next book will be Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks.
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