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herlifewithbooks's review
3.0
Very fun stories, but I question the function and audience. The introduction presents this book as a set of examples an adult may provide a teen to inspire their essay-writing abilities. However, half of the essays in the book are personal memoirs - fun to read, but maybe not entirely appropriate for school assignments. The rest are kind of jokey, tongue-in-cheek take-offs of familiar essay topics.I guess the implied intent is to help young writers not hate their essay assignments, but I don't think any of these essays necessarily do a good job of proving what they are supposed to be proving. Lots of bad logic and humor, not a lot of good argumentation. They come off as parodies... in particular, adults parodying student writing. Which feels a little inappropriate.
This is all my Former College Writing Tutor Self speaking.
This is all my Former College Writing Tutor Self speaking.
runa's review
4.0
I really loved the idea of this book--showing kids that essays don't have to be boring. I just wish the types of essays shown here would actually be accepted by teachers. These were so good, but I bet if any one of them were turned in, they would be nitpicked for first person pronouns and informal language and breaking essay conventions, and that just makes me sad. (That said, my favorite essay by far was the one in Donkey Kong's point of view. Hilarious!)
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