“So I'm only 11 pages in but I really like it. As I've said before I love books written in letters, this one is even more interesting becuase its entierly one sided. Its a slightly odd writing style because I'm guessing that Charlie (the main character) is only 15ish (that's how old you are when you start high school, right?).
Page 18, what sort of a word is "corpulent" for a fifteen year old to be using? I don't like it when I have to google definitions of words half way through reading, it breaks the flow :(
Man I love that episode of M*A*S*H.
Actualfax crying now, its nearly happend a couple of times in the book but the poem has done it [3 I think I'm going to write it out and put it on my wall.
I just don't even know where to continue. I've finished now and kind of just want to sit and think for a bit.
It's funny cause I didn't think id be able to relate to a story from a 15/16 year old's point of view, and I do so preferr 3rd person stories to 1st, but the letters format really helped the story along. It confused me somewhat towards the end because I don't tend to "get" a lot of subtlty in plots etc but it did really move me in some ways.
I especially liked the insight it gave me into what a boy's mind might be going through at the same time that mine was worried about going into my final year of "proper school" & then going to 6th form at around the same age as this kid was starting high school.
I'm not one for stories that aren't set now/in the recent past but this bought a sense of nostalgia for the early ninties that I kind of remember. I was 2/3 in 91/92 so I just barely remember it, but I do just enough for the book to bring back a sense of something from back then.
Over all I loved it very much, even the oddly short sentances, strange phrasing and americanisms didn't put me off. An amazing book.”
Bex T wrote this review Tuesday, November 3 2009.
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