A review by paovilchis25
The Last Summer of the Death Warriors by Francisco X. Stork
4.0
This was a re-read for me. The first time I read this book it was in 2013 and I remember I adored it. Upon re-read a couple of years later I can still say that I really like this book. This book follows a story of friendship, identity and how to deal with emotions. It was a great coming of age story.
In this book we follow Pancho, a boy who recently lost his father and sister and is committed to find his sister´s killer, and DQ, a cancer patient. This book made me bigger inside while and after reading it. The characters felt so real to me and I completely empathised with them even though Pancho would get on my nerves with his stubbornness. I adore Pancho´s growth as a character, and although it was very predictable he was going to choose to help DQ over committing a crime I still love his character development and I appreciated being in his mind while this happened.
This book has the power to make you think and question what are you doing to make you life meaningful, to “Live your life to the fullest”. The ending is realistic and hit home for me, and the epilogue had me crying. Overall, I loved this book. I took one star because of minor things like it was predictable and that there was no strong plot, however I would still recommend you reading this adorable coming of age story.
In this book we follow Pancho, a boy who recently lost his father and sister and is committed to find his sister´s killer, and DQ, a cancer patient. This book made me bigger inside while and after reading it. The characters felt so real to me and I completely empathised with them even though Pancho would get on my nerves with his stubbornness. I adore Pancho´s growth as a character, and although it was very predictable he was going to choose to help DQ over committing a crime I still love his character development and I appreciated being in his mind while this happened.
This book has the power to make you think and question what are you doing to make you life meaningful, to “Live your life to the fullest”. The ending is realistic and hit home for me, and the epilogue had me crying. Overall, I loved this book. I took one star because of minor things like it was predictable and that there was no strong plot, however I would still recommend you reading this adorable coming of age story.