Review of A Bloody Book
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Review of A Bloody Book
[Following is a volunteer review of "A Bloody Book" by Chris Bowen.]
A Bloody Book by Chris Bowen is a book directed towards a child's psychology for the world around him. A child named Maxx is the protagonist of the publication and is depicted as a narrator of the story. He is a young student who has lost his father to drugs. His mother leaves him and his 2-year-old sister with no one to take care of them and limited basic survival resources. He is a survivor of a drug addict and a poor family, coercing him to act like the only sober head of the family for the sake of his sister Rosie. He does not only look after his household and his sister but also manages to survive in a school with a bunch of kids, who are also in a somewhat similar situation to him. After his mother's disappearance, in order to not to go to the social services department, he carefully plans about his necessities, like his meals, and waits for his mother to return. However, the sudden appearance of an Uncle Johnny into their life, makes things go haywire and he ends up planning some unwilling and disastrous events, making the climax of the book rather interesting.
The main reason for me to keep going with the book was the portrayal of the perspective of a child in some very unforeseen yet heartbreaking aspects of life. The writer was absolutely honest and attentive in defining a character of a child and see things from his eyes, for which he did a remarkable job. Apart from this, he brought justice to the characters of Mr. Foxx and Ms. Spencer as well while delivering their emotions in some instances that take place in the classroom. The book, overall, highlights the importance of true education along with the participation of a good teacher in the life of an individual.
Undoubtedly, certain aspects abrupted my flow of reading, one particular being the over usage of commas into sentences. There were multiple sentences throughout the book which unpleasantly halted my reading because of unnecessary and excessive use of punctuation marks. Besides this, some out of the subject information represented, despite knowing the fact that the book is written according to a young child's vision, abrupted the continuation while reading as it gave the impression of the book being listless and too much child-oriented, with no meaning of the story.
I would give 3 out of 4 stars to A Bloody Book because of the writer's amazing and unique effort to familiarise the world with young thinking, which can be judged from the book, and for its character development. But, I am deducting a star for certain errors which provided a barrier to my reading flow as well as some monotonous and needless affairs in the book.
I recommend this book to readers who are looking for a new and fresh genre in the reading world. This book can attract readers who enjoy reading psychologically oriented books and like seeing the world depicted with a character's mind.
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A Bloody Book
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A Bloody Book by Chris Bowen is a book directed towards a child's psychology for the world around him. A child named Maxx is the protagonist of the publication and is depicted as a narrator of the story. He is a young student who has lost his father to drugs. His mother leaves him and his 2-year-old sister with no one to take care of them and limited basic survival resources. He is a survivor of a drug addict and a poor family, coercing him to act like the only sober head of the family for the sake of his sister Rosie. He does not only look after his household and his sister but also manages to survive in a school with a bunch of kids, who are also in a somewhat similar situation to him. After his mother's disappearance, in order to not to go to the social services department, he carefully plans about his necessities, like his meals, and waits for his mother to return. However, the sudden appearance of an Uncle Johnny into their life, makes things go haywire and he ends up planning some unwilling and disastrous events, making the climax of the book rather interesting.
The main reason for me to keep going with the book was the portrayal of the perspective of a child in some very unforeseen yet heartbreaking aspects of life. The writer was absolutely honest and attentive in defining a character of a child and see things from his eyes, for which he did a remarkable job. Apart from this, he brought justice to the characters of Mr. Foxx and Ms. Spencer as well while delivering their emotions in some instances that take place in the classroom. The book, overall, highlights the importance of true education along with the participation of a good teacher in the life of an individual.
Undoubtedly, certain aspects abrupted my flow of reading, one particular being the over usage of commas into sentences. There were multiple sentences throughout the book which unpleasantly halted my reading because of unnecessary and excessive use of punctuation marks. Besides this, some out of the subject information represented, despite knowing the fact that the book is written according to a young child's vision, abrupted the continuation while reading as it gave the impression of the book being listless and too much child-oriented, with no meaning of the story.
I would give 3 out of 4 stars to A Bloody Book because of the writer's amazing and unique effort to familiarise the world with young thinking, which can be judged from the book, and for its character development. But, I am deducting a star for certain errors which provided a barrier to my reading flow as well as some monotonous and needless affairs in the book.
I recommend this book to readers who are looking for a new and fresh genre in the reading world. This book can attract readers who enjoy reading psychologically oriented books and like seeing the world depicted with a character's mind.
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A Bloody Book
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon
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