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Jeremy Fink & The Meaning Of Life
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Wendy Mass
Janiece
, November 08, 2015
The plot was beautifully planned out and woven skillfully together so that the ending was filled with all sorts of fulfilling and unexpected twists (though did contain stereotypic underpinnings that "girls are inevitably emotional" while "boys are inevitably rational" (so bigoted and untrue). This book did much to transmit the mean-spirited, patriarchal message that it's not OK for teen boys to ever cry or hug another person (unless intercourse or death is involved in the situation). This book would have rated 5 stars from me, if it hadn't contained so much overt misogyny. Jeremy didn't end up suffering severely from his father's death, as his father had acted nobly and responsibly to prepare for the time when he might leave his son orphaned. Obviously, his mother had been equally involved in the planning and anticipation of what to do and how to best handle things should she be called upon to raise her son, alone. As such, Jeremy was growing and developing into a caring, competent, trustworthy teen who respected others and himself. Lizzy's menarche face-slapping episode was left entirely unexplained by the author, so should have been edited out of the book. It added nothing but confusion & violence. Sadly, this software program restricts the reviewer from saying anything more than superficial observations, as I have so much more that feels meaningful to share here.
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Charlie Bone and the Time Twister
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Nimmo, Jenny
Janiece
, October 23, 2015
I haven't read a book this endlessly dark, gloomy, grim, mean-spirited, and hopeless in a very long time. Why anyone would ever find this book appealing, I cannot imagine, unless they had a sadistic streak within them. This story is so overloaded with vicious, brutal adults, sinister "gifts", and one nightmare experience after another, that I cannot find any redeeming qualities within it. It is literary GARBAGE with a capital "G", in my opinion. I doubt either kids or adults would find it either enlightening or entertaining, as Charlie and his friends are placed in such a morbid educational environment, no person could possibly learn anything other than criminal pursuits there. It's appalling that an entire series has been written around this school.
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