Reviews

The Boy Who Lost His Face by Louis Sachar

cieralegue's review against another edition

lighthearted slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.5

I found it boring for majority of it and only redeeming quality to it was the ending, the rest just felt thrown together and was quite exceedingly slow paced and it also felt like nothing was happening at all till the end.

librariandest's review against another edition

4.0

First, a warning: this book has quite a bit of swearing in it. That's why it's on the Banned Books list. It also has a witch, which I'm sure doesn't help.

But this is a great book. It's funny and it's got some suspense and I really enjoyed it. In a way it's sort of disturbing how mean kids can be to each other, but they get through it and then they usually get to be adults who feel like they paid their dues. Sachar always comes through the good stuff. I mean, didn't you love [book: Holes]?

shieldbearer's review against another edition

3.0

Louis Sachar's novels tend to be thought provoking and cast with lively, multi-layered protagonists. This is not an exception. As far as plotting, characterization, and technical skill goes, there's not really much to critique. As far as novels go, it wasn't really my cup of tea. I couldn't tell you why exactly, and I shall have to mull over the question more. I do feel that the themes are a bit jumbled and uncohesive. He utilizes several different themes, but none of them are really brought to maturation, and they stand largely alone with little interrelation, and the novel suffers for it.

borumi's review against another edition

3.0

베이필드 여사의 도플갱어 어쩌구가 저주가 아니라 바로 이렇게 여리고 내성적인 아이들이 무시받고 bully당하는 사회가 바로 저주가 아닐까 싶습니다. 한편 본인이 나서서 한게 아니더라도 수동적으로 나쁜 지도자에게 무작정 따르는 것 또한 무고한 것은 아니라고 하며 내성적이고 순하고 여린 것이 비난받을 것도 아니지만 옳고 나쁘다고 생각하는 신념은 굳게 지킬 내면의 용기를 지키라고 이 책은 이야기해주는 것 같습니다.



얼마전에 Quiet 북클럽에서 introvert의 조용하고 눈에 띄지 않지만 굳센 내면의 integrity에 대해 배우고나서 저도 어릴적 상처를 치유받고 자신감이 생긴 듯한데요.. 함께 비슷한 시기에 읽어서 참 좋네요..

narniarin's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

2.0

mrslibrarian's review against another edition

5.0

some bad language

plantpage's review against another edition

4.0

Kaikkien pitäis lukea Sacharin kirjoja lapsena. Nää on tosi hyviä kokemuksia kyllä aikuisenakin, mutta nää vois olla niin vaikuttavia sillon lapsena. En muista tarkkaan, mitä ajattelin näistä ekan kerran näitä lukiessani, mutta hyviä nää on kyllä aina ollu. Hauska ja syvällinen ja mä tuun niin lukee nää mun lapsille joskus tulevaisuudessa.

edboies's review against another edition

5.0

Really funny and sweet.

juniperusxx's review against another edition

4.0

Tämä ei ollut samalla tavoin vaikuttava lukukokemus kuin Paahde, mutta hyvä nuortenkirja tämäkin. Koulukiusaaminen, ihastumiset ja kaveripiirin paineet ovat teemoina esillä monissa muissakin nuortenkirjoissa, mutta kirjan kohderyhmälle tärkeitä aiheita, joten kestävät useammankin käsittelykerran. Itseäni en laske ihan kohderyhmään kuuluvaksi :)

rfulleman's review against another edition

2.0

I found the story a bit interesting, the process of growing up and the awkwardness of first loves, but the language and actions aren't things that'd I'd like to hear and certainly don't use, nor would I allow the students I teach get away with either. As story telling goes, it is a good story. I just wish that the language wasn't such a large part of the story. I was glad that the protagonist did own up to his misdoings in the end and that his friends did stand up with him. Unfortunately, there will always be people who will go down to the lowest common denominator to be liked, rather than help their "would be" friends up.