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A review by deedralapray
Last Seen Leaving by Caleb Roehrig
4.0
This one was so hard to rate. There are parts of this novel that I'd like to give a 5, and then there are parts of the novel that I wanted to give a 3. I decided to go ahead with 4, because this is one I will definitely be recommending to my high school kiddos. Let me give you the good first. I love Flynn. Wow, he won my heart. I cannot say too much about Flynn here, because it would be a definite spoiler alert. The plot itself was pretty compelling. Sure, there are some aspects I figured out along the way, but for the most part it still kept me teetering on the edge.
Now for the bad part...which actually didn't start out bad. I absolutely love a cleverly, well-written book. The first few metaphors and similes where brilliant. Many of them were brilliant. The teacher side in me wanted to share these masterpieces to inspire students. But then, they just kept coming, and coming. I never thought I would complain about this in a million years, but I felt like this book was overwritten. There, I said it. The story was told from Flynn's (a high school student) point of view, and to be frank, I don't know if I have ever meet a high school student, male or female, to use such sesquipedalian language and witty metaphors. The writing style alone made Flynn's character seem almost unrelatable, which is weird, since I adored Flynn so much.
I guess you could say I'm a little conflicted, but one thing I am not conflicted about is the fact that I will be singing this one's praises at Vidor HS!
Now for the bad part...which actually didn't start out bad. I absolutely love a cleverly, well-written book. The first few metaphors and similes where brilliant. Many of them were brilliant. The teacher side in me wanted to share these masterpieces to inspire students. But then, they just kept coming, and coming. I never thought I would complain about this in a million years, but I felt like this book was overwritten. There, I said it. The story was told from Flynn's (a high school student) point of view, and to be frank, I don't know if I have ever meet a high school student, male or female, to use such sesquipedalian language and witty metaphors. The writing style alone made Flynn's character seem almost unrelatable, which is weird, since I adored Flynn so much.
I guess you could say I'm a little conflicted, but one thing I am not conflicted about is the fact that I will be singing this one's praises at Vidor HS!