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4.02 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Will soon write about it. It was good. It made me forget I have a phone.
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سه روز بعد:
دیشب داشتم فکر میکردم برای این کتاب ریویو ننویسم، شاید نتونم خوب بودنش رو کامل توی ریویو منعکس کنم و باعث بشه یه نفر بخاطر ریویوی مسخره‌ای که من نوشتم نره سراغ این کتاب:-¿
مسئولیت خیلی بزرگیه، و خب شانس آوردم که این کتاب به اندازه‌ی کافی معروف هست و این مسئولیت روی دوش من نیست:))
در طول دو روز خوندمش، دو روزی که منتظر یه اتفاقی بودم و از فرط اضطراب و استرس هر لحظه‌ش برام با عذاب می‌گذشت و کی میدونه اگه "جونیور" نبود که دست منو بگیره و با خودش ببره توی یه دنیای دیگه چجوری دووم می‌آوردم؟
**ESCAPISM AT ITS BEST **
-یه چیزی هم بگم، کتابو از انتشارات جنگل خریدم و کیفیت چاپ و جلد و قیمتش و همه چیزش از سطح انتظارم خیلی بالاتر بود و واقعا عالی بود. من ترجمه فارسیش رو ندیدم ولی متن انگلیسی‌ش خیلی خوش‌خوان بود و قلم نویسنده طنزی داشت که نمیدونم ترجمه منتقلش کرده یا نه...و البته انتهای کتاب یعالمه پیوست های جذاب اضافه شده که بازم نمیدونم توی چاپ فارسیش هست یا نه.اگه خواستید بخونید این نکته رو در نظر داشته باشید.
-اینم لیست کتابای مورد علاقه جونیور :
I made a list of my favorite books :
1. The Grapes of Wrath
2. Catcher in the Rye
3. Fat Kid Rules the World
4. Tangerine
5. Feed
6. Catalyst
7. Invisible Man
8. Fools Crow
9. Jar of Fools
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سه روز بعد:
دیشب داشتم فکر میکردم برای این کتاب ریویو ننویسم، شاید نتونم خوب بودنش رو کامل توی ریویو منعکس کنم و باعث بشه یه نفر بخاطر ریویوی مسخره‌ای که من نوشتم نره سراغ این کتاب:-¿
مسئولیت خیلی بزرگیه، و خب شانس آوردم که این کتاب به اندازه‌ی کافی معروف هست و این مسئولیت روی دوش من نیست:))
در طول دو روز خوندمش، دو روزی که منتظر یه اتفاقی بودم و از فرط اضطراب و استرس هر لحظه‌ش برام با عذاب می‌گذشت و کی میدونه اگه "جونیور" نبود که دست منو بگیره و با خودش ببره توی یه دنیای دیگه چجوری دووم می‌آوردم؟
**ESCAPISM AT ITS BEST **
-یه چیزی هم بگم، کتابو از انتشارات جنگل خریدم و کیفیت چاپ و جلد و قیمتش و همه چیزش از سطح انتظارم خیلی بالاتر بود و واقعا عالی بود. من ترجمه فارسیش رو ندیدم ولی متن انگلیسی‌ش خیلی خوش‌خوان بود و قلم نویسنده طنزی داشت که نمیدونم ترجمه منتقلش کرده یا نه...و البته انتهای کتاب یعالمه پیوست های جذاب اضافه شده که بازم نمیدونم توی چاپ فارسیش هست یا نه.اگه خواستید بخونید این نکته رو در نظر داشته باشید.
-اینم لیست کتابای مورد علاقه جونیور :
I made a list of my favorite books :
1. The Grapes of Wrath
2. Catcher in the Rye
3. Fat Kid Rules the World
4. Tangerine
5. Feed
6. Catalyst
7. Invisible Man
8. Fools Crow
9. Jar of Fools
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
You will laugh, you will cry. I feel emotionally spent and need a mo' to get my head on straight. Full review to come!!!
REVIEW:
There was a point when reading this where I instantly went from thinking it was, "pretty good," to "HOW HAVE I NOT READ THIS YET!?"
I think I initially had reservations (no pun intended) because I wasn't really buying Junior's acceptance into the [white] Rearden high school system. But this is semi-autobiographical, and in hindsight it took Junior a looooong time to make friends, and basketball was the connection that finally let him feel like he somewhat belonged in this "other world"... Unfortunately, merely the act of going to a school off of the reservation alienated him from his tribe, and he was left feeling like he didn't belong in either world.
Sherman Alexie juxtaposes the two worlds of Reservation vs. Outside Reservation and I was fascinated by all the different "rules" that Junior had to navigate in each world.
Also, being Canadian (and metrically minded), I couldn't wrap my head around walking 22 miles to and/or from school (on harsher days...). According to Internet, one can briskly walk 1 mile in about 20 minutes (on average). According to Calculator, that would mean Junior had to walk for 7.5 hours if someone didn't stop and pick him up/ drop him off. Whaaaa?!!
I know the exact point where I became obsessed with ...Diary of a P-T Indian: I misread a sentence where Junior was explaining that some of the major differences between Indians and non-Indians were 1) their toxic relationship with alcohol, and 2) the amount of funerals they attend (and that usually the two are connected...). I READ the sentence as "I'm fourteen years old and I've been to two funerals" which I thought was sad. Then I went back and realized he wrote FORTY-TWO FUNERALS. As this was towards the end of the novel, it was like a punch to the gut, and made me see the previous 198 pages in a new light. I am so impressed that through all of their hardships, the tribal sense of community, and their sense of humour, kept [keeps] them all from falling apart.
Throughout the novel Junior / Alexie deflects many of the anger and sad truths of living as an Indian in America with humour, and humorous cartoons. Alexie also has this young teenage Indian process all of the changes in his life through drawing and writing. And the impact is wonderfully and undeniably heart-wrenching.
I am an insta-fan of Alexie's and have added his other works as MUST READS. It's an amazing feat to be able to effectively share personal moments of happiness and heart-wrenching sadness with a complete stranger with the hopes of making them understand a world that most aren't privy to.
REVIEW:
There was a point when reading this where I instantly went from thinking it was, "pretty good," to "HOW HAVE I NOT READ THIS YET!?"
I think I initially had reservations (no pun intended) because I wasn't really buying Junior's acceptance into the [white] Rearden high school system. But this is semi-autobiographical, and in hindsight it took Junior a looooong time to make friends, and basketball was the connection that finally let him feel like he somewhat belonged in this "other world"... Unfortunately, merely the act of going to a school off of the reservation alienated him from his tribe, and he was left feeling like he didn't belong in either world.
Sherman Alexie juxtaposes the two worlds of Reservation vs. Outside Reservation and I was fascinated by all the different "rules" that Junior had to navigate in each world.
Also, being Canadian (and metrically minded), I couldn't wrap my head around walking 22 miles to and/or from school (on harsher days...). According to Internet, one can briskly walk 1 mile in about 20 minutes (on average). According to Calculator, that would mean Junior had to walk for 7.5 hours if someone didn't stop and pick him up/ drop him off. Whaaaa?!!
I know the exact point where I became obsessed with ...Diary of a P-T Indian: I misread a sentence where Junior was explaining that some of the major differences between Indians and non-Indians were 1) their toxic relationship with alcohol, and 2) the amount of funerals they attend (and that usually the two are connected...). I READ the sentence as "I'm fourteen years old and I've been to two funerals" which I thought was sad. Then I went back and realized he wrote FORTY-TWO FUNERALS. As this was towards the end of the novel, it was like a punch to the gut, and made me see the previous 198 pages in a new light. I am so impressed that through all of their hardships, the tribal sense of community, and their sense of humour, kept [keeps] them all from falling apart.
Throughout the novel Junior / Alexie deflects many of the anger and sad truths of living as an Indian in America with humour, and humorous cartoons. Alexie also has this young teenage Indian process all of the changes in his life through drawing and writing. And the impact is wonderfully and undeniably heart-wrenching.
I am an insta-fan of Alexie's and have added his other works as MUST READS. It's an amazing feat to be able to effectively share personal moments of happiness and heart-wrenching sadness with a complete stranger with the hopes of making them understand a world that most aren't privy to.
This was one of the best books I have read in a long time. The humor and storyline were both humorous and realistic. Highly suggest it to my friends and family (Note: Ariana).
I have not read any of Sherman Alexie's other work, but this book has been touted as his best. It is told by 14 year old Arnold Spirit, who is living on a Spokane Indian reservation, and who describes himself as gangly and awkward, with a big head and spaghetti limbs. This being a YA book, it is written in simple, straight-forward prose, with samples of Arnold's cartoon drawings throughout. This is a book you could like. Native American lives on reservations, has the guts to go to a "white" school outside the reservation, perseveres against bullies, wins over the prettiest girl in school, becomes friends with the popular kids -- but perhaps I have said too much. Every thing Arnold tries, he pretty much excels at, and he doesn't give up until the job is done. A nice parable, perhaps, certainly a feel-good story, but it doesn't feel like an "absolutely true diary". Is that the point? Who knows. A quick read.
Wow, wow, wow. I hadn't given this book much thought since I first started hearing about it. I knew that a lot of readers out there thought it would be a contender for the Printz, so as a librarian specializing in teen services I thought I should read it. I can't think of any other book I have read this year that was so moving, so heart breaking, so funny and so full of hope. I haven't read all the new books this year, but I think this one deserve some serious recognition.
Arnold (Junior) is a teen who knows he needs seek his future because if he doesn't go looking for it he won't have one. This book makes us see a part of country, our history that he ignore that we pretend doesn't exist, the reservation system. Even in all the pain and brokenness that Alexie describes as he tells us about the "rez" he shows the beauty and strength in people who live together, who share a common past and a common present.
Arnold (Junior) is a teen who knows he needs seek his future because if he doesn't go looking for it he won't have one. This book makes us see a part of country, our history that he ignore that we pretend doesn't exist, the reservation system. Even in all the pain and brokenness that Alexie describes as he tells us about the "rez" he shows the beauty and strength in people who live together, who share a common past and a common present.
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
hopeful
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes