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Struck By Lightning: The Carson Phillips Journal by Chris Colfer
2.0
ACTUALLY A 2.5
Struck By Lightening: Book Review
By: Chris Colfer
Okay, let me start off by saying I don’t watch Glee. I got through half of this book without knowing that Chris Colfer was a character on Glee, so I remain unbiased. I picked this up based on the size and the blackmailing. Now on with the review.
PLOT: Like I said before, I picked this book up because of the blackmailing. That ended up being my favorite part. Of course, I believe that it all happened far too fast. I mean, come on, oh, I bet you that’s Remy! Oh, look, Malarie has a video of Claire and Coach Walker! I’ve hit the jackpot! No. That is just unbelievable. The least he could’ve done was drag it out into a week, not just four days. It seems like Colfer just jammed it all into one place to get it over with. I also was not a fan of the diary entries. Do people get a journal and then write all about their tragic life in the first entry? No. I really wish it had been sprinkled about the entries and not just dumped onto you in the very first entry.
Also, I really disliked how it wasn’t amazing writing. I mean, I know diary entries aren’t supposed to have amazing word choice and all, but come on! With all of the rambling on about how he wants to be an editor of the New Yorker and all, he could’ve at least shown a bit of care about his own writing! The end came just too fast and out of nowhere. All of this build up to blackmailing for the magazine, and then BAM, everyone hates Carson and he doesn’t get into northwestern. And after a nice enough personal breakthrough, BOOM! He dies by...wait for it...Lightening! WOW! It would’ve been cool if he wasn’t an arrogant jerk, but more on that later.
SETTING: Oh my god. How many more of these suckish home town stories will there be? I mean, there wasn’t even any paranormal aspects or at least reunion. No. It was just, my life sucks, I’m in a town with dummies, can’t wait to get the heck out of my house my depressed mom lives in...blah, blah, blah. Completely unoriginal and boring.
CHARACTERS: Okay, first of all, no one can be that dumb. I mean, seriously. People that dumb must have a disease. They were so stupid; too stupid to the point of unbelievability. At least give Justin or Malarie something that they're good at, not just being hopeless little idiots. Carson was an arrogant little jerk. I mean, you don’t even think that you might not get it? You don’t even apply for a second choice college if you want to get out of that town so much? Idiot.
The mom and dad weren’t original either. Just normal old bums that divorce when the dad gets a new wife. How original. And then there was the gay drama guy, cheerleader, dumb jock, mean teacher, and stupid guidance counselor. How much more cliché can you get, folks?
WRITING: The writing was nothing special. I didn’t hate it, didn’t love it, either.
RATING: Overall, I gave this book a 2.5 Stars.
Struck By Lightening: Book Review
By: Chris Colfer
Okay, let me start off by saying I don’t watch Glee. I got through half of this book without knowing that Chris Colfer was a character on Glee, so I remain unbiased. I picked this up based on the size and the blackmailing. Now on with the review.
PLOT: Like I said before, I picked this book up because of the blackmailing. That ended up being my favorite part. Of course, I believe that it all happened far too fast. I mean, come on, oh, I bet you that’s Remy! Oh, look, Malarie has a video of Claire and Coach Walker! I’ve hit the jackpot! No. That is just unbelievable. The least he could’ve done was drag it out into a week, not just four days. It seems like Colfer just jammed it all into one place to get it over with. I also was not a fan of the diary entries. Do people get a journal and then write all about their tragic life in the first entry? No. I really wish it had been sprinkled about the entries and not just dumped onto you in the very first entry.
Also, I really disliked how it wasn’t amazing writing. I mean, I know diary entries aren’t supposed to have amazing word choice and all, but come on! With all of the rambling on about how he wants to be an editor of the New Yorker and all, he could’ve at least shown a bit of care about his own writing! The end came just too fast and out of nowhere. All of this build up to blackmailing for the magazine, and then BAM, everyone hates Carson and he doesn’t get into northwestern. And after a nice enough personal breakthrough, BOOM! He dies by...wait for it...Lightening! WOW! It would’ve been cool if he wasn’t an arrogant jerk, but more on that later.
SETTING: Oh my god. How many more of these suckish home town stories will there be? I mean, there wasn’t even any paranormal aspects or at least reunion. No. It was just, my life sucks, I’m in a town with dummies, can’t wait to get the heck out of my house my depressed mom lives in...blah, blah, blah. Completely unoriginal and boring.
CHARACTERS: Okay, first of all, no one can be that dumb. I mean, seriously. People that dumb must have a disease. They were so stupid; too stupid to the point of unbelievability. At least give Justin or Malarie something that they're good at, not just being hopeless little idiots. Carson was an arrogant little jerk. I mean, you don’t even think that you might not get it? You don’t even apply for a second choice college if you want to get out of that town so much? Idiot.
The mom and dad weren’t original either. Just normal old bums that divorce when the dad gets a new wife. How original. And then there was the gay drama guy, cheerleader, dumb jock, mean teacher, and stupid guidance counselor. How much more cliché can you get, folks?
WRITING: The writing was nothing special. I didn’t hate it, didn’t love it, either.
RATING: Overall, I gave this book a 2.5 Stars.