book-reviews

Eclipse by Stephenie

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 21:55:10 +0100

Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 21:50:05 +0100

The basic summary of the book “Eclipse” by Stephenie Meyer is the third in the series “Twilight”. The setting of this book is in Forks, Washington. The course of time is about 6 months; give or take a few weeks. In this book Edward and Bella have finally reunited after an event that had happened in the previous book “New Moon”. The first conflict happens when the Cullen’s think that Victoria; who is after Bella to get revenge on Edward (mate for mate); is in the area, so Edward takes her to Florida to visit her mother for the weekend. Bella gets mad at Edward for not telling her why he actually took her but after they talk about it Bella forgives Edward. The second major conflict happens when Bella finds that some of her personal belongings were missing. The Cullens scope out the house and could tell by the scent that it belonged to an unknown vampire. The Cullens soon realize that Victoria is planning a huge attack using highly untamed newborn vampires, some just weeks old, to annihilate the Cullen Coven. Bella’s close friend Jacob Black, who is a werewolf, gets his tribe involved in the struggle to save Bella and the Cullens. Edward does not like that after some previous events in New Moon Bella and Jacob are closer than ever. Even though Bella knows that Edward is the only one for her, Jacob tries to change her mind. The climax and final major conflict happens during the ambush when Edward and Bella are waiting in a disclosed location in the forest for the battle in the meadow to finish, when trouble arrives. I would recommend this book to both boys and girls. Stephenie Meyer has is a great author. She uses comedy, romance, and even suspense in her writing; and when one of the characters is feeling something you do to. She uses great details and you can see the book happening in your head. Anyone who is in middle school or higher (even adults) would enjoy this book.

When It Happens By Susane Colasanti

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 21:43:06 +0100

The book, “When It Happens”, by Susane Colasanti, is about a girl named Sara, who is very smart and shy, but a very hard worker; and a guy named Tobey, who is a rebellious slacker when it comes to school, but is a very nice and talented guy; who are in senior year at a High School in New Jersey. The book switches points of view every other chapter so you get to see some of the same events or things that happen in each characters mind.

The book starts off by telling you both Sara and Tobey’s senior year resolutions. Sara’s is to find true love, and Tobey’s is to make Sara fall in love with him. On the first day of school Sara gets asked out by one of the popular guys in the school, Dave. Dave is a rude, obnoxious and pretty full of himself kind of guy. Sara thinks that she is in love with him but all she can think about is Tobey. Sara soon finds out that Dave isn’t the person she thinks he was. She breaks up with him and goes out with Tobey.

Sara’s dream is to go to NYU, and Tobey doesn’t want to go to college. He wants to focus on his band, but with Sara’s help he pulls his C average to an A and gets him to apply to the Manhattan School of Music. The main conflict happens when Sara finds out a secret about Tobey and doesn’t like it. They get in a huge fight about it and Tobey doesn’t know what to do. You see how Sara feels about what has happened but then you see Tobey’s and you understand more about the situation.

I rated this book a nine because his book is great because it is not only written with lots of detail, but you get to see each person’s opinion of something that happened, but it goes by really fast in the end. I discovered this book from the media center, and thought it looked good so I read it. In the front of the book there is a section that says ‘’Other Books You May Enjoy’’ and some of the authors on the list were Sara Dessen and Grace Dent. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes a love story. The theme of this book is that love always prevails, because even though they disagree sometimes, they always work it out.