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Struck By Lightning: The Carson Phillips Journal
by Chris Colfer
Reread: 8/15/16
I got the audiobook on sale at BAM and it was so worth it. This book was even better having the author, Chris Colfer, read it to you because it made the emotional impact of the character's actions and it just improved it greatly overall.
I really love this book. The part right before the ending, the pre-ending of you will, is truly amazing as Carson comes to terms with his life and how's it's playing out. The actual ending still hurts and makes you want to throw things.
Still love it even though I dropped a star.
Original Review: 10/24/14
Original rating: 5 stars.
I'm going to be honest: the whole reason I bought this book was because I saw it in Barnes and Noble and lost my junk because I had no clue Chris Colfer was an author. I’m a total Gleek and I found it so cool that one of them wrote a book. I was really hesitant to read this though; I was worried it was going to be horrible and that it would forever change the way I saw Chris Colfer and that my expectations were too high, etc.
Needless to say, as stated by the five star rating, I was not disappointed. So many things were beautiful about this books that I probably will have to gloss over some so that this review isn’t crazy long.
The story is about Carson Phillips, a high school student from a small town who dreams of writing for the New York Times. Carson is a bit like Holden from Catcher in the Rye, you love him sometimes and hate him at other times.
While I thought it was a bit refreshing, a narrator who wasn’t your average clichéd YA gold, some people may not love it as much as I do.
Another thing I really liked was the just utterly fantastic sense of humor in this book. I knew Colfer was funny from watching interviews, but I didn’t understand the full extent until I read this book. One of my favorite moments was when the teacher asked him in grade school what it’s called when “one thing takes away from another” and young Carson’s response was “homicide!” I literally could not eat while reading this book because I kept choking on my food from laughing too hard.
It’s hard to explain without spoilers, but in a way I kind of liked the idea of the ending. I didn’t like it (no one can actually like it, it’s almost sadistic) but the irony and the truth behind it was still pretty great.
Overall this book was mind blowing. Solid plot, realistic MC, and hilarious prose. No hesitation over full five stars.
I got the audiobook on sale at BAM and it was so worth it. This book was even better having the author, Chris Colfer, read it to you because it made the emotional impact of the character's actions and it just improved it greatly overall.
I really love this book. The part right before the ending, the pre-ending of you will, is truly amazing as Carson comes to terms with his life and how's it's playing out. The actual ending still hurts and makes you want to throw things.
Still love it even though I dropped a star.
Original Review: 10/24/14
Original rating: 5 stars.
I'm going to be honest: the whole reason I bought this book was because I saw it in Barnes and Noble and lost my junk because I had no clue Chris Colfer was an author. I’m a total Gleek and I found it so cool that one of them wrote a book. I was really hesitant to read this though; I was worried it was going to be horrible and that it would forever change the way I saw Chris Colfer and that my expectations were too high, etc.
Needless to say, as stated by the five star rating, I was not disappointed. So many things were beautiful about this books that I probably will have to gloss over some so that this review isn’t crazy long.
The story is about Carson Phillips, a high school student from a small town who dreams of writing for the New York Times. Carson is a bit like Holden from Catcher in the Rye, you love him sometimes and hate him at other times.
While I thought it was a bit refreshing, a narrator who wasn’t your average clichéd YA gold, some people may not love it as much as I do.
Another thing I really liked was the just utterly fantastic sense of humor in this book. I knew Colfer was funny from watching interviews, but I didn’t understand the full extent until I read this book. One of my favorite moments was when the teacher asked him in grade school what it’s called when “one thing takes away from another” and young Carson’s response was “homicide!” I literally could not eat while reading this book because I kept choking on my food from laughing too hard.
It’s hard to explain without spoilers, but in a way I kind of liked the idea of the ending. I didn’t like it (no one can actually like it, it’s almost sadistic) but the irony and the truth behind it was still pretty great.
Overall this book was mind blowing. Solid plot, realistic MC, and hilarious prose. No hesitation over full five stars.