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sarahcoller's review
3.0
For a preteen read, this was actually one of the most horrific books I've read in a long time. I didn't know much at all about this event so it was a very interesting, if super fast, read. I didn't realize there was such an effort to cover up the extent of the damage and death toll, but with no rapid means of nationwide reporting, I suppose it wasn't too difficult to do. I was shocked by the extreme measures the authorities took with people who disobeyed minor laws or took advantage of vulnerable situations. Shooting dead a person who charged $1.25 for a loaf of bread, shooting dead a couple who made a fire in their home after being told not to. I guess I thought this point of history was past that sort of behaviour, but I guess San Francisco was still the "old West" in those days...
I very rarely read children's or young adult fiction, but I found this one informative enough that I was able to overlook some of the predictability or coincidental stuff that usually annoys me about juvenile literature.
I very rarely read children's or young adult fiction, but I found this one informative enough that I was able to overlook some of the predictability or coincidental stuff that usually annoys me about juvenile literature.
malus's review against another edition
4.0
It was ok I learned about earthquakes and had to do assignment over this book for school.
dianie25's review against another edition
i think i read this book and making a report back in the middle school... what i remember was that one character was real and the narrator wasn’t. often it makes me sad that while i recall myself enjoying it, i don’t remember most of the book (which is basically every book besides ASOUE).
i wish that i could go into my old elementary middle school’s library to browse around for books that i once read :(. that reminds me of when i sometimes used to pretend to read books while marveling at the letters and book pages during my classes and recess time. :’)
i wish that i could go into my old elementary middle school’s library to browse around for books that i once read :(. that reminds me of when i sometimes used to pretend to read books while marveling at the letters and book pages during my classes and recess time. :’)
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