Tatiana L L itibaren Palmarito, Cuba
I found this book on my sister's shelf. Curious as to what it was about, I began to read it. I was more confused than anything. A college age boy taking a "vow of silence" because he's in a fight with his roommate/best friend over a girl or 2 is now writing notes to anyone & everyone he wants to "talk" to. It tripped me up because there were a few instances when he'd talk with a couple of friends, but it was just him writing the notes. There wasn't any other dialogue besides what was in the notes. Too much of a one-way conversation for my liking.
I read this book about four years ago, I can say it was really good book but it maybe make you hopless because it reminds us somthing that all the time we want to flee them.I think it want to say us we have forgotten good things so we are some blind persons but a little diffrent all parts are white but in fact black! no diffrent because we can't see any more.
focuses on the ideology of unschooling. no practical advice. would have liked to see more examples of potential conflicts and how they were averted. it does inspire one to be more radical (which is good), but the lack of practical examples make it feel a bit like fluff.
The brilliance of the first novel is that, much more than the others, it's actually quite absurdistly funny. The most highly esteemed school is "Hogwarts." Harry got a letter addressed to his cabinet under the stairs, and then the house was flooded with owls and duplicate letters. This is genius, not because its funny, but because it gives the rest of the progressively darker books a lighter relief. The characters range between well developed and well caricatured, and are also often quite absurd. I don't think these are books that should appeal to everyone, because human, much less American culture isn't that homogeneous. But these are very good books, for those interested in the frivalties of fantasy, and that can enjoy some absurdist humor that grows into more serious thrillers.