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4.02 AVERAGE
4.02 AVERAGE
overall good book but a little sad. had some funny things. worth the read.
This book manages to be laugh-out-loud funny and heartbreaking at the same time, which is no mean feat!
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
I didn't realize before reading *how* YA this book would be -- it's very much aimed at middle school boys -- which is a testament to how good it was I still became immersed. I laughed, I cried, usually both. One of those books that's honest and true and that's all it needs to be.
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
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:
Complicated
So many conflicting emotions about this book.
A truly insulting amount of slurs, literally every slur you can think of, crude language, one-dimensional supporting characters, characters that serve no purpose whatsoever, I could go on. Mostly, I can sum it up by saying the author has not spent time with middle or high schoolers since he was one and it shows. There is a hell of a lot more to it than “being a boy who can’t cry” and “this teachers so hot, I got a boner.”
Also, this author has had a major fall from grace in 2018 that I couldn’t get out of my head. It taints the crude language about 15 year old girls even more. I would never buy his work, and only read this book as a requirement for my job as a librarian.
However, this story does give a gritty and jarring look at reservation life that isn’t talked about enough. I wish the story dug deeper, and in the last 50 pages it starts to, but not enough to stick with you. Not enough to make more of an impression than the constant crude and insulting language. There is better fiction out there for these under represented group, with better authors to tell it.
A truly insulting amount of slurs, literally every slur you can think of, crude language, one-dimensional supporting characters, characters that serve no purpose whatsoever, I could go on. Mostly, I can sum it up by saying the author has not spent time with middle or high schoolers since he was one and it shows. There is a hell of a lot more to it than “being a boy who can’t cry” and “this teachers so hot, I got a boner.”
Also, this author has had a major fall from grace in 2018 that I couldn’t get out of my head. It taints the crude language about 15 year old girls even more. I would never buy his work, and only read this book as a requirement for my job as a librarian.
However, this story does give a gritty and jarring look at reservation life that isn’t talked about enough. I wish the story dug deeper, and in the last 50 pages it starts to, but not enough to stick with you. Not enough to make more of an impression than the constant crude and insulting language. There is better fiction out there for these under represented group, with better authors to tell it.
I read this for one of my university classes. I really enjoyed reading this book. The drawing were great.
emotional
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
sad
fast-paced