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The Game of Sunken Places
by M.T. Anderson
I read this in middle school and really loved it.
I found it to be a winding story that never seemed to reveal just everything you needed to know and the ending was really a "twist ending". I truly had no idea that THAT was what was coming.
I really love the whole "giant game o' death" theme. I find that all these kinds of choices of where to go, what to do, and the like was interesting. I just love thinking about all these different "variations" that a game could go.
I felt that the game wasn't completely revealed to the reader. Like, the main characters only traveled outward here and here this much, but on the map there is so much "shrouded in darkness" that could be waiting for them to find it.
I really had no problem with this book. I loved it. I guess I'll read the reviews as to why this was rated so low.
Hey, at least it isn't Twilight, right?
3-minutes-after-uploading-this-edit: Okay, so quite a few people are saying this book would appeal more to boys than girls. Okay? I don't really see how gender could factor into this. I mean, if this book was about a wrestling team or a book about racing go karts or something I would understand. I think the lack of emotional development or whatever was PERFECT for this book and me at the time, since I was like, twelve years old and didn't give a shit about people acting all "sentimental" and "weak" like a girl who's just pumping out hormones would be. Twelve year old girl, woo hoo?
I found it to be a winding story that never seemed to reveal just everything you needed to know and the ending was really a "twist ending". I truly had no idea that THAT was what was coming.
I really love the whole "giant game o' death" theme. I find that all these kinds of choices of where to go, what to do, and the like was interesting. I just love thinking about all these different "variations" that a game could go.
I felt that the game wasn't completely revealed to the reader. Like, the main characters only traveled outward here and here this much, but on the map there is so much "shrouded in darkness" that could be waiting for them to find it.
I really had no problem with this book. I loved it. I guess I'll read the reviews as to why this was rated so low.
Hey, at least it isn't Twilight, right?
3-minutes-after-uploading-this-edit: Okay, so quite a few people are saying this book would appeal more to boys than girls. Okay? I don't really see how gender could factor into this. I mean, if this book was about a wrestling team or a book about racing go karts or something I would understand. I think the lack of emotional development or whatever was PERFECT for this book and me at the time, since I was like, twelve years old and didn't give a shit about people acting all "sentimental" and "weak" like a girl who's just pumping out hormones would be. Twelve year old girl, woo hoo?