Monday, September 22, 2014

See you at Harry's

         See you at Harry's is the best book I have ever read.  I read it in a day, and could not put it down.  My English teacher last year recommended it to me, because it was her favorite book, and I loved it.  It is about a girl, Fern, and her troubles starting middle school.  Her dad owns the neighborhood ice cream shop so everybody knows her, and her little brother Charlie.  Charlie is the face of the shop, and everyone loves him!  Fern is hiding in the shadow in the shadow of her little brother, and she hates it.  Her brother, Holden, announces that he is homosexual, and his family doesn't accept him for it.  Fern is the only person who understands him, and she carries the weight of being his only friend.  Tragedy strikes the family, and their life is turned upside down.  This book has many twists and turns, and is written very well.  I could read it again and again and cry every time.  Check it out!!
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12384984-see-you-at-harry-s?ac=1

Monday, September 8, 2014

Allegiant

I liked the way the author made the book in Tris and Tobias's point of view.  In the other books it kind of got boring with only Tris's thoughts.  Now that I know what Tobias is thinking, this makes him a lot easier to understand.  In Insurgent I never knew if Tobias was looking at Tris because he loved her, or if he was mad at her.  With his thoughts, I can now easily distinguish the two.

I didn't agree with Evelyn arming the factionless, and having them patrol around the streets of the fallen Erudite faction.  She controls everything and I think she could ease up a bit considering the entire city is basically in a war.  She needs to let people make their own decisions.