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A review by booksnorkel
Underdogs by Markus Zusak
3.0
This is just a review of the first book in this -The Underdogs- I love the other two so much and was floored when I saw that he had this book coming out. I was super happy, until I realized that I would have to also pay for two books that I had already bought. So I waited and waited and when this book became available as a strip I grabbed it up.
Unfortunately all of my waiting was for naught as this book was disappointing slow and didn't have any of the magic that all of Zusak's have. That lyrical love, those quotes that make you sigh. The end of each and every chapter was a really obvious dream. If I was in seventh and eighth grade I would have been happy as a clam since I had to do book reports and symbolism was a BFD to that teacher. This book tried too hard, and was too obvious.
If you haven't read Fighting Ruben Wolf, or Getting the Girl then get this book it's a great deal. Those two books are pretty amazing. But if you have been waiting for just this story it's a waste.
For Seventh graders on up mostly geared towards boys, but girls will have an interesting view to read about.
Unfortunately all of my waiting was for naught as this book was disappointing slow and didn't have any of the magic that all of Zusak's have. That lyrical love, those quotes that make you sigh. The end of each and every chapter was a really obvious dream. If I was in seventh and eighth grade I would have been happy as a clam since I had to do book reports and symbolism was a BFD to that teacher. This book tried too hard, and was too obvious.
If you haven't read Fighting Ruben Wolf, or Getting the Girl then get this book it's a great deal. Those two books are pretty amazing. But if you have been waiting for just this story it's a waste.
For Seventh graders on up mostly geared towards boys, but girls will have an interesting view to read about.