I had half the mind to chuck this book after the first 100 pages or so but wanting to know what the final outcome would be got the better of me. It was painstakingly difficult though not to skip past all the pages. As much as the beginning drew me in, I wanted to increasingly…
GETTING UP by SD Thorpe
Come to think of it, I don’t read about male protagonists all that often, unless the books are written from multiple points of view. getting Up was different for me then simply because it revolved around Roket, a male main character. In a sense, this story kept up with my stereotypical view that teenage boys’ minds…
DANCING IN THE DARK by Robyn Bavati
If you have no Jewish background, it might be difficult at first to get into the book because Bavati chose to adopt Jewish/ Hebrew terms wherever possible. She did explain her choice however, including a letter of sorts at the beginning, noting that she hoped to capture the authenticity in this manner. For those who…
THE BOOK THIEF by Markus Zusak
As many children left their families for foster parents during World War II, so did Liesel and her brother, except he did not survive. He never did reach the doorstep of Hans and Rosa Hubermann. The loss of her brother was Liesel’s first encounter with death. It was then too that Death started taking an interest in her. In fact, Death narrates her story.
