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chicokc's review against another edition
4.0
Es un grupo de niños que hacen travesuras, una pandilla. Como toda pandilla, tienen sus diferentes miembros. Así tramarán su siguiente golpe.
authorjbr's review against another edition
4.0
Now I understand why people need resolution.
See, I wrote a short story recently which kind of ended without a lot of resolution. When someone proofread it, he said I should change the ending to provide a bit of, if not plot, philosophical resolution. I felt that was a bit too on the nose, but I went with it.
This book doesn't go with it. It leaves it all up to the reader, which some might say is good, but it gets on my nerves. I want at least something, anything! I don't need a diatribe about the backstory of what happened and why the characters act like this, but I'd like an inkling of what I'm supposed to be thinking about. I kind of get that these boys are basically like war (tearing things apart for no apparent reason), but it still irks me.
See, I wrote a short story recently which kind of ended without a lot of resolution. When someone proofread it, he said I should change the ending to provide a bit of, if not plot, philosophical resolution. I felt that was a bit too on the nose, but I went with it.
This book doesn't go with it. It leaves it all up to the reader, which some might say is good, but it gets on my nerves. I want at least something, anything! I don't need a diatribe about the backstory of what happened and why the characters act like this, but I'd like an inkling of what I'm supposed to be thinking about. I kind of get that these boys are basically like war (tearing things apart for no apparent reason), but it still irks me.
jackson_lovelace_oseman's review against another edition
4.0
I have to read this for a course in university and its honestly quite an interesting read. The first and second page are hard to get into but once it gets going the story is pretty good.
zephyrusne's review against another edition
5.0
i love the story for what it is and everything it conveys but most of all i appreciate greens writing style. if the short story wasn't told in the way that it was, none of the messages and symbols would make the impact they do.
"the grey ash floated above them and fell on their heads like age"
"the grey ash floated above them and fell on their heads like age"
veeruthless's review against another edition
4.0
Entertaining. Yet uncomfortable.. A short story mentioned in the film Donnie Darko known for the simple yet complex concept being; "destruction is a form of creation." And that is the best synopsis you can find.
cassandrat's review against another edition
3.0
I didn't get it. It wasn't funny. :) Listened to audio book.