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3.6 AVERAGE
3.6 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Leseempfehlung
“You don’t know what terror really is until you experience it yourself”
Es ist kein typisches Buch. Es ist wie eine Art Interview geschrieben, viele Personen erzählen von ihren Erinnerungen, von den beiden Tätern etc.
Spannend, informativ & regt zum nachdenken an.
“You don’t know what terror really is until you experience it yourself”
Es ist kein typisches Buch. Es ist wie eine Art Interview geschrieben, viele Personen erzählen von ihren Erinnerungen, von den beiden Tätern etc.
Spannend, informativ & regt zum nachdenken an.
Didn't really hold me. Characters all sound pretty much the same. Footnotes are out of date (hardly the book's fault; I'm sure they were current on publication 12 years ago). I can see some teens being really grabbed by this, but it's not what I'm looking for right now.
Todd Strasser isn't one to shy away from difficult, but important, topics. "Give a Boy a Gun" is, unfortunately, still timely, even 20 years after it was originally published. Told in the form of interviews with various students, teachers, etc., we come to see how bullying can push some people to unthinkable actions. The thoughts expressed by some of the adults and "popular kids" in the novel may seem unrealistic or extreme, but all too often warning signs are ignored and bullying behaviors are justified rather than punished. Strasser's novel definitely provides opportunity for discussion.
dark
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I WILL NEVER STOP REREADING THIS ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS IVE EVER READ OK THATS IT THANK YOU FOR COMING TO MY TED TALK
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
Incredible book. Read it during family vacation and had to pull myself together to not start crying while in my room with my sister.
dark
informative
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
ngl the footnotes, foreword, backmatter were more emotionally impactful than the actually story itself
I liked the epistolary format
I liked the epistolary format