I read the book Whirligig, by Paul Fleischman. Whiligig is a realistic fiction book. This isn't my favorite genre, but I decided to branch
out a little bit. This book had a very good theme but it wasn't developed fast enough.
The characters took a while to
develop, and there was only one main dynamic character. I liked the lesson that the main character learned
at the end of the book but it took too long to get to and it wasn't really an interesting book overall.
There were too many details that really didnt need to be in the story. I know that some of them were
supposed to be symbolic, but many of them were still needless. Whirligig is good for someone who likes
realistic fiction and also if you like a good theme. The theme of this book is that if you do
something bad you should do something to make up for it. I would rate this a two out of five because it
just wasn't fast enough for me. The plot is a mountain style.This is a good style of plot, but the author
didn't write the book with enough momentum to really capture the reader into the story
Overall I would not recommend this book to anyone, unless they want something heartwarming to fall
asleep to.
I totally agree with what you said about the pace and characters. When I read Whirligig, it was very boring to me.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you and Spencer I read this book last year and while it is a good book al together it was very slow and a lot of the time boring
ReplyDeleteAlex, I like the way that you tried reading a genre that you didn't like that much. I also agree about what you said about the characters taking a while to develop and the book being boring overall.
ReplyDeleteHI ALEX! I also have read Whirligig and didnt enjoy it much. I think its great that you went out of your comfort zone and tried reading this. You were pretty much dead on saying the characters took to long to develop. This book was boring and I didnt get much out of it either.
ReplyDeleteYeah, we read Whirligig last year in English and I hated it. I agree with there being nk action or real excitment.
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