tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5024002801067718054.post4645629573583742339..comments2024-01-22T08:32:58.608-05:00Comments on For Those About to Mock: 2016 Contenders: Crenshaw, by Katherine ApplegateUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5024002801067718054.post-61184122998402364812015-10-26T11:02:26.214-04:002015-10-26T11:02:26.214-04:00You express disapproval so eloquently :)You express disapproval so eloquently :)Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06329897606913642368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5024002801067718054.post-76459926613650866102015-10-26T09:21:06.674-04:002015-10-26T09:21:06.674-04:00I like how I'm the go-to choice for negative r...I like how I'm the go-to choice for negative reviews ^_~Sam Eddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01008209097162183766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5024002801067718054.post-80556625556089230822015-10-23T19:08:45.504-04:002015-10-23T19:08:45.504-04:00Obviously this book wasn't one of my favorites...Obviously this book wasn't one of my favorites. Also obviously I'm a poor writer of negative reviews. I really want to see the merit in every book I review. We probably should have had Sam review this book ;)Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06329897606913642368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5024002801067718054.post-53532122739032643582015-10-23T14:47:27.988-04:002015-10-23T14:47:27.988-04:00I had similarly ambiguous feelings about this book...I had similarly ambiguous feelings about this book. Mostly, I wanted more about what was happening in the present, and it felt like the book spent a lot of time describing the past.Mistihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08402630703438739629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5024002801067718054.post-62941617443642124562015-10-23T14:47:11.159-04:002015-10-23T14:47:11.159-04:00I thought the story was pretty terrible and can...I thought the story was pretty terrible and can't imagine how it could be a contender. One of my gripes was that the dad was given MS so that their poverty was justified. So poor/hungry kids whose parents don't have MS or another physical/medical issue can feel even worse about their poverty/hunger. This is America where a huge and growing number of children live in poverty, Applegate doesn't need to justify poverty by giving the dad MS.<br />Big picture, this book seemed to be written for bibliotherapy not as a work of literature. It's content seems very didactic in the worst sense of the word. I'm not says it's level of writing was WONDER bad, but it's certainly closer to WONDER than newbery contention.Eric Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06009168325629611816noreply@blogger.com