shidoburrito's Reviews (1.54k)

Weird.

I'm sorry I waited until the movie came out (and even saw the movie first) but I think it worked out better that way. I would have been disappointed in the movie had it been the other way around, as this book was super good and I feel had a much better grasp on actual teenaged life than the movie. Yes, I know, the book is always better because you get much more depth to the characters, but the movie really missed out on some great parts in the book that I feel made it more realistic. Such a good, wholesome book. I loved it!

Ahhhh, perfect! Just the right length, the right characters, no super-ridiculous romance or love triangle, good ol' space combat, strong female characters. Ahhhhhh -_-

Read as a strong contender for the 2018 Mock Printz. Otherwise I normally don't read non-fiction, and I wasn't left with the feeling of "Oh! I'm so glad I was made to read that!". I mean, it's a great book, easy to read for tweens and teens that want a really good book about the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. It was very well researched and published just in time for the 50th anniversary of his death (which is tomorrow, for me, as of when I'm writing this review).

Okay, I can now say I've read this book. Was it scary? It had its moments, and maybe if I read it all in just a few, long, sittings I would have gotten into it more and therefore gotten into my head. Yet the book itself prevents you from reading it quickly or settling down into it. Your reading is constantly jarred by footnotes or back and forth between Zampano's writing and Truant's spiraling anecdotes, but that doesn't really scare me, it just annoys me.

So yeah, not really my type of horror, but at least I can now say I've read it when I see all those "best horror ever written" threads and whatnot. I guess I'm not "intellectual" enough for this kind of horror?

I do love when books are half illustration, half story. You don't really get to hear about what happens to the Holocaust survivors AFTER the concentration camps are liberated.

The ending to this made me feel like I just watched...like...Donnie Darko or something....

Okay.... My feelings on this are all over the place. Crap, it's almost time for me to go on desk. Ugh, never write book reviews while at work. You never have enough time!