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Something Happened has frequently been criticized as overlong, rambling, and deeply unhappy. [2] These sentiments are echoed in a review of the novel by fellow writer and humorist Kurt Vonnegut, but are countered with praise for the novel's prose and the meticulous patience Heller took in the creation of the novel, stating, "Is this book any good?
After is a 2003 young adult novel written by Francine Prose.The nearby school shooting is reminiscent of the Columbine High School massacre in 1999.. After a school shooting 50 miles away, the new grief and crisis counselor (Dr. Willner) attempts to control the students' lives, using the recent tragedy as an excuse for increasingly restricting their lives.
This book was written as a grade 7 English project. The author sent it off to Scholastic, which decided to publish it. As the first installment of the series, this novel introduces the main and recurring characters that appear in most of the rest of the books in the series, notably Bruno Walton, Melvin “Boots” O'Neal, Elmer Drimsdale, Perry Elbert, Cathy Burton, Diane Grant, and George ...
It Can't Happen Here is a 1935 dystopian political novel by the American author Sinclair Lewis. [1] Set in a fictionalized version of the 1930s United States, it follows an American politician, Berzelius "Buzz" Windrip, who quickly rises to power to become the country's first outright dictator (in allusion to Adolf Hitler's rise to power in Nazi Germany), and Doremus Jessup, a newspaper editor ...
The New York Review of Books, vol. LXVI, no. 2 (February 7, 2019), pp. 8–10. Bulmer-Thomas writes: "Imperial retreat is not the same as national decline, as many other countries can attest. Bulmer-Thomas writes: "Imperial retreat is not the same as national decline, as many other countries can attest.
From Time to Time is a 1995 illustrated novel by American writer Jack Finney, and published by Simon & Schuster.The book is the sequel to Time and Again, [1] which tells the story of how Simon Morley, working on a secret government project in 1970, was able to travel back in time to the New York City of 1882.
Genesis Begins Again is a 2019 children's book by Alicia D. Williams. It tells the story of thirteen-year-old Genesis Anderson, whose family has been evicted several times from their home due to the father's gambling addiction.
The book received generally positive reviews from critics. On The Omnivore, based on mostly British critic reviews, the book received an "omniscore" of 4.0 out of 5. [2] [3] According to Book Marks, the book received, based on American press, a "rave" consensus, based on twelve critic reviews: eight "rave" and four "positive". [4]