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.]
How much do you care about the people around you? Do you care enough to know what someone is going through? A Bloody Book by Chris Bowen will make you question how you see the world around you and how you treat people. This book is a good work of fiction that will hold you still as a reader.
In A Bloody Book, Chris Bowen wrote a heart-wrenching story of Maxx, a 13-year-old kid who once cared about school, studies, and his future like a normal kid would but stopped caring at all after struggling with multiple atrocities. In this book, Maxx narrates his story, which is a mixture of his past and present. In eighth grade, Maxx's teacher Mr. Foxx gave him an assignment that he never submitted because he was too afraid to write it. He had to write when he stopped giving the crap. Years later, he wrote his assignment to submit it to Mr. Foxx.
In this book, Maxx first describes his class that he refers to as Reading Hell and discrimination against the kids with poor grades through some funny and outrageous incidents. Then he explains the out-of-the-box ways of Mr. Foxx to get the Reading Hell students to open up about their struggles. In the end, Maxx reveals the horrifying incident that made him stop giving a crap about everything. He tells the story of how he kept hoping and believing till the last moment yet ended up losing it all.
You will be able to feel the helplessness and anger of those kids who suffer to keep up with school because they have too much going on in their homes, such as poverty, addiction, physical abuse, emotional abuse, hunger, and uncaring parents. The writer did a great job at making the story believable, and it is easy for the reader to connect and feel sympathetic towards the characters. This book holds a perfect harmony between humor, suspense, imagination, and reality.
I am very impressed by the characters shown in this book and the message delivered by them. I believe this book is a good wake-up call for society to reconsider the focus of education and child's personal development. Chris succeeded at making the reader realize that the world is not fair, adults make mistakes too, and that a kid can be going through a lot tougher situations than one could ever imagine. Apart from Maxx, my favorite character was Maria Chavez, Maxx's favorite adult, and role model. In the chapter titled Mad Skills, Maria was brave as a wounded warrior. It was both painful and inspirational to have a 13-year-old girl taking such a courageous step. You have to read the book for more details.
I couldn't find anything to dislike about the book, but the only thing that hindered my reading experience was the spelling mistakes. I rate this book 3 out of 4 stars. I am deducting one star because of the editorial errors. Otherwise, this book deserves full stars.
I highly recommend this book to teachers, psychologists and parents. I think this book will be a good read for all young adults although, I would not recommend this book to a younger reader because this book contains profanity and scenes of physical violence which, can cause some disturbance.
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A Bloody Book
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How much do you care about the people around you? Do you care enough to know what someone is going through? A Bloody Book by Chris Bowen will make you question how you see the world around you and how you treat people. This book is a good work of fiction that will hold you still as a reader.
In A Bloody Book, Chris Bowen wrote a heart-wrenching story of Maxx, a 13-year-old kid who once cared about school, studies, and his future like a normal kid would but stopped caring at all after struggling with multiple atrocities. In this book, Maxx narrates his story, which is a mixture of his past and present. In eighth grade, Maxx's teacher Mr. Foxx gave him an assignment that he never submitted because he was too afraid to write it. He had to write when he stopped giving the crap. Years later, he wrote his assignment to submit it to Mr. Foxx.
In this book, Maxx first describes his class that he refers to as Reading Hell and discrimination against the kids with poor grades through some funny and outrageous incidents. Then he explains the out-of-the-box ways of Mr. Foxx to get the Reading Hell students to open up about their struggles. In the end, Maxx reveals the horrifying incident that made him stop giving a crap about everything. He tells the story of how he kept hoping and believing till the last moment yet ended up losing it all.
You will be able to feel the helplessness and anger of those kids who suffer to keep up with school because they have too much going on in their homes, such as poverty, addiction, physical abuse, emotional abuse, hunger, and uncaring parents. The writer did a great job at making the story believable, and it is easy for the reader to connect and feel sympathetic towards the characters. This book holds a perfect harmony between humor, suspense, imagination, and reality.
I am very impressed by the characters shown in this book and the message delivered by them. I believe this book is a good wake-up call for society to reconsider the focus of education and child's personal development. Chris succeeded at making the reader realize that the world is not fair, adults make mistakes too, and that a kid can be going through a lot tougher situations than one could ever imagine. Apart from Maxx, my favorite character was Maria Chavez, Maxx's favorite adult, and role model. In the chapter titled Mad Skills, Maria was brave as a wounded warrior. It was both painful and inspirational to have a 13-year-old girl taking such a courageous step. You have to read the book for more details.
I couldn't find anything to dislike about the book, but the only thing that hindered my reading experience was the spelling mistakes. I rate this book 3 out of 4 stars. I am deducting one star because of the editorial errors. Otherwise, this book deserves full stars.
I highly recommend this book to teachers, psychologists and parents. I think this book will be a good read for all young adults although, I would not recommend this book to a younger reader because this book contains profanity and scenes of physical violence which, can cause some disturbance.
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A Bloody Book
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