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A review by phunter22
The Car by Gary Paulsen
3.0
So I decided to re-read this book basically on a whim. I read it once or twice when I was about 12 or 13 and really liked it then and wanted to see if it was as good as I remembered.
A simple way to describe this book is... too short. This book could have easily been twice as long as it was. I still enjoyed it just as much as I did when I was younger, but this time I was kind of confused as to why he chose to end the book where he did. It almost seems like Paulsen had a deadline and just turned in what he had done instead of actually finishing the book. That being said, I still loved the characters and how Wayne and Waylon tried to help out Terry, a kid that probably reminded them of themselves when they were returning from Vietnam, just trying to figure out what life was really all about.
A simple way to describe this book is... too short. This book could have easily been twice as long as it was. I still enjoyed it just as much as I did when I was younger, but this time I was kind of confused as to why he chose to end the book where he did. It almost seems like Paulsen had a deadline and just turned in what he had done instead of actually finishing the book. That being said, I still loved the characters and how Wayne and Waylon tried to help out Terry, a kid that probably reminded them of themselves when they were returning from Vietnam, just trying to figure out what life was really all about.