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by Nicholas Bodony I recently reread The Neverending Story , not because I enjoyed the book the first time I was required to read it for Subreshmen English, but more to give myself a new perspective on the story now that I have been thoroughly disappointed and know, more or less, what to expect. My opinion didn't change much after the second time reading it unfortunately. As much as I wanted to enjoy reading the book for a second time I just wasn't satisfied with a somewhat long, dragging story and many characters that appeared for a few pages at a time.  Bastian Balthazar Bux is a pudgy 12 year old boy who is the main character that the book follows for the entire story. I personally thought he seemed a little snobby and towards the end of the book kind of betrays his friends which upset me quite a bit because I thought that the main character in a fantasy would be a likable person, but Bastian ended up being my least favorite character in the whole book. The book ...

WARNING SPOILERS  I have just finished reading Rosie Girl by Julie Shepard published in 2017. It tells the story of a seventeen year old girl named Rosie who has a rather complicated life. Her mom died when she was very young and her dad married an abusive careless stepmom. Rosie isn’t happy growing up but at least she has her dad and the comfort of her childhood home but all that changes when her dad passed away and her stepmom decided to move. Before her dad passed away he told Rosie to find a box that would hold the truth and answers about her birth mom. The only problem was the box was in the attic of her old house. Luckily for Rosie her stepmom is dating an equally careless guy so it is really easy for her to sneak out along with her best friend Moly.     Moly is quite the troublemaker, her home life isn’t the best situation around either. She’s always telling Rosie that as soon as she turns 18 she is out of here. Moly is the kind of girl who will do a...

I finished reading this book a few weeks ago. I thought it was pretty good, so I'm going to tell you guys what my impressions of this novel are. Someday this pain will be useful to you is a realistic fiction book written by Peter Cameron and published in 2007. The book takes place in New York City, telling the story of a confused and troubled eighteen-year-old named James Sveck who just can't seem to find his place in the world. He has a lot of troubling issues that he just can't seem to fix. But with the help of his unnerving therapist, D-list celebrity grandmother, and art gallery colleague, he might just pull through. Warning: Spoilers ahead!  Click away if you want to. The book starts off by introducing us to Gillian, James's older, and annoying sister. On the same page, we are also introduced to their mother, an art gallery supervisor who has already been through her third marriage. James works at that same art gallery along with his only friend: John. J...

Over winter break, I read Turtles All the Way Down by John Green, a 2017 novel written from the point of view of a teenage girl named Aza struggling with severe anxiety and obsessive compulsive disorder. The book begins with Aza’s friend, Daisy, discovering a news article about a local millionare, Russel Pickett, who had recently gone missing after being accused of tax fraud and bribery. This piques the girls’ interest (Daisy’s in particular), both because a cash reward is offered to anyone who finds him, and because Aza knew Pickett’s son, Davis, when they were younger. The two try to look into the case, and Aza becomes reaccquainted with Davis. They soon begin a relationship, but Aza is anxious about how to interact with Davis, and struggles to act normal when she and Davis make physical contact or kiss, since this triggers her anxieties about receiving bacterial diseases. Still, the two continue their relationship fairly normally, despite Aza’s misgivings about the case of Davis’s f...