Reading Response #10 (Yay last one)

My Review of the Book- Part Three (May be Spoilers):      

Narration:

The narration was third-person and by the end of the book you find out it was narrated by THE DAD. /’o’\ So Shocking! (Please notice my sarcasm). The narration was okay but at times it got too descriptive at too many times which can make it a chore to read at times. A lot of the things he writes can really be summed up and would make it flow much more better.One part that made me really tiring to read was the part where the bullies were chasing Turk. At some times the descriptions were a good thing like at the part where Sydney and Turk went through the washing machine but at some places it got too much.  He uses a lot of “As you know...” Or “As you may have known before...” And says something that the readers have obviously known before and it just can makes it tiring to read and disrupts the flow. It’s feels like he doesn’t trust the reader.

Overall it told the story well but it got a bit annoying at parts. Sometimes I feel like I do some of these a lot in my writing too.  I’d give it a 2.5/5.

Themes:

The book had a lot of good themes. I’ve already had a response on the theme of the book so I won’t write much about it. It had a lot of good themes like standing up for yourself, honesty, expressing and communicating your feeling and just relationships in general. I think that it expressed it very well in the story and had a good message for the intended audience. I would give it a 5/5

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In conclusion, it’s a fun and quirky book that is entertaining and cute. I may seem like I was annoyed by the book and didn’t enjoy it, but I really did like it. It does get more and more interesting as you get into it and sometimes you can’t put the book down. The first time I read this was a year ago at school and I remember reading this during silent reading, I was really into it and didn’t notice that silent reading was finished and that everybody moved on to work. As soon as it was recess I brought it outside to read and finished it. I found it really enjoyable. I think that since I’m a bit older, it was my second time reading this and I was paying attention more to the words and stuff for reading responses I may have found more flaws but I did still enjoy it nonetheless. It  it was nominated for The Moonbeam Award and The Silver Birch Award.

I would give the book about a 3.75/5 or 4/5 .