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A review by caramel_sundae
The Julian Chapter by R.J. Palacio
4.0
RATING: 4 stars
This was shorter than I remembered it being lol but it was still just as good! It really made it clear that Julian wasn't some sort of evil villain- he was just a kid being an idiot.
The whole nightmares thing sounded a little far-fetched to me and a bit like it was trying too hard to make us sympathetic to Julian, though. I think the story would have been better off without it because it just felt cheap. But I did like his grandmother's backstory- it was kind of a harsh reality check for Julian and one he really needed. It was also sort of interesting to see firsthand how all the drama that we only heard about in Wonder actually happened with Julian and his parents.
But it also sort of amazed me that his parents weren't more mad at him? If I did any of the stuff Julian did to any of my classmates, my parents would be soooo furious. And his mom and dad were mad at the principal? Nah, I don't buy it.
Other than that, I'm mostly just annoyed they only had this short story on Libby and not all three, but I'll take what I can get for now lol.
This was shorter than I remembered it being lol but it was still just as good! It really made it clear that Julian wasn't some sort of evil villain- he was just a kid being an idiot.
The whole nightmares thing sounded a little far-fetched to me and a bit like it was trying too hard to make us sympathetic to Julian, though. I think the story would have been better off without it because it just felt cheap. But I did like his grandmother's backstory- it was kind of a harsh reality check for Julian and one he really needed. It was also sort of interesting to see firsthand how all the drama that we only heard about in Wonder actually happened with Julian and his parents.
But it also sort of amazed me that his parents weren't more mad at him? If I did any of the stuff Julian did to any of my classmates, my parents would be soooo furious. And his mom and dad were mad at the principal? Nah, I don't buy it.
Other than that, I'm mostly just annoyed they only had this short story on Libby and not all three, but I'll take what I can get for now lol.