Search advanced search
 
Books
Search:

Follows you (block)

Requested to follow you (accept | block)

Blocked (unblock)

Anne Haifley

Anne Haifley

has 0 followers and is following 1 person

  • member since March 30, 2012

Reviews

  • Sort by:
 
  • Stuffed
    • Rated 5 stars

    “Describe the main characters—their personality traits, motivations, inner qualities.
    There are 3 main characters in this book, Ian, Julia, and Oswald. My least favorite of the 3 in Julia. I don't really like her character because she seems to stuck up. She seems to want everything her way, and she judges a lot of people. Throughout the book I couldn't understand how her and Ian were very close friends. They seem like total opposites. For example Julia seems to be a drama queen and Ian seems to want nothing to do with drama. Oswald is in the middle of the 2. He and Julia had been dating for most of the book, before they started dating they were close friends also. I don't like Oswald very much because he seems very whipped. He agrees with what ever Julia says and he's kind of afraid of her. Ian is my favorite character in the book. He knows how to think for himself. He started a email chain for a good cause and when things got rough for him at school and legally he kept his ground and didn't let anyone push him around.
    Is the ending satisfying?
    I think the ending is very good. Ian doesn't back down, and instead he went in front of his whole school and the lawyer representing Frankies and debated against him. I like how Ian got publicity for his cause. The name of the book was very fitting. I think it was very well put together.”

    Anne Haifley wrote this review Wednesday, May 16, 2012. ( reply | view 1 replies | permalink )
  • Hanging on to Max
    • Rated 5 stars

    “ Is the ending satisfying?
    Personally i didn't really like the end. I didn't want Sam to give Max up for adoption. I thought he was doing a good job raising him, loving him, and taking care of him. I can also understand how hard it must have been to raise Max by himself since he was a single teenage father. He was given less credit then teenage mothers because he was a guy and people didn't expect he could do it. With the ending i would have liked to see Sam overcome his fears and keep Max. He had so many people there to support him and help him raise Max.
    If you could ask the author a question, what would you ask?
    I would ask the author what her motivation was for the ending. Why she thought it would be best for Sam to give up Max. I would also ask her about the last chapter. It was very unclear to me what was happening. It would have been nice to know the end was fast fowarded 18 years.”

    Anne Haifley wrote this review Wednesday, May 2, 2012. ( reply | view 1 replies | permalink )
  • Kicked Out
    • Rated 5 stars

    “How did you experience the book?
    Right away I got into the book. I was able to connect with it because the main character does not get along with her parents. I am able to relate to that because i don't get along with my parents either. Also she struggles with her grades and passing her classes, I am also able to relate to that.
    Do the main characters change by the end of the book?
    I would say yes they do. Even though she stays with her brother and does not move back to live with her parents, they start to get along better. She invited her parents over to her brother's apartment to make them supper. They were able to talk and get along. Her parents agreed to let her keep living with her brother as long as she promised to keep in touch with them. ”

    Anne Haifley wrote this review Wednesday, May 2, 2012. ( reply | view 1 replies | permalink )
  • Boy Girl Boy
    • Rated 5 stars

    “ How did you experience the book?
    For me I got into this book right away. Since it's about teenagers being crazy and waiting to leave town as soon as they graduate I can really relate to them. To me it was a funny book and i really enjoyed that.

    Do the main characters change by the end of the book?
    yes they do change. After Larry ended up in the hospital Elliot and Teresa seemed to change too. By the time they graduated they had left there dream of leaving town and going to california. They were all going to go their spereate ways, so they spent their last summer doing things together like usual. I think they will always remain very close friends even as they move on in the world.”

    Anne Haifley wrote this review Friday, April 27, 2012. ( reply | view 2 replies | permalink )
  • Houses of Horror
    • Rated 5 stars

    “What is the central idea in this book?
    The central idea is about how this guy goes all over the country to rid ordinary families of their haunted houses. He discusses how he plans in advance for these trips, by being in contact with the home owners about what is happening in the house. He would then pick a medium (someone with physic ability to comunicate with spirts) to go with him to the houses. The medium wouldn't know anything about the house prior to the visit. He then would put the medium in a trace to allow the spirts still in the house to communicate.

    What solutions does the author propose?
    The author wants to be able to free the spirts stuck in the inbetween world, not just for the house owners but because he wants the spirts to be able to have peace, accept that they have died and join their loved ones on the other side. In some cases he would make mulitple visits to the houses if the first time there was not a success.

    What evidence does the author use to support the book's ideas?
    When he goes to these homes he takes along a medium that knows nothing about the house or its history. When the spirts communicate through the mediums body the author would right down the things they say. After the visit to the home the author would then research the background of the house, like who lived there, the names the spirt gave and the time periods they said they lived. usually the author would find on record some of the things that were said during the visit. On some occasions he would only find bits and pieces if the spirt was from another century and there was little documentation.”

    Anne Haifley wrote this review Friday, April 20, 2012. ( reply | view 1 replies | permalink )

© 2006-2013 Shelfari | Terms & Conditions | Privacy Policy | Copyright Policy

Close