4 out of 4 stars
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A Bloody Book is a book by Chris Bowen which tells a story of a young boy named Maxx who has never been a big fan of feeling happy. It all started in a class Maxx called Reading Hell with Mr. Fox. Mr. Fox was the new teacher brought in to control the stupidest class at the school called Reading Hell. Reading Hell is a class Maxx believed is like a jail where you get sentenced based on your grade. It is a class where trouble is their friend, and they sit and have a reunion with trouble. Mr. Fox gave the class an assignment to write about when they stopped giving a crap about school and life in general. Speaking the truth, any truth, even just some comes with consequences. Maxx, at just 13 was just not ready for the consequences, so he gave a few stupid lines to Mr. Fox. Surprisingly, Max got “A” because Mr. Fox believed a seed has been planted already in Maxx which he believed he was already writing.
Some years later, Maxx is pouring out his mind out on the assignment which gave birth to this book. A bloody book is a story of how Maxx stopped giving a crap about school and life as a whole. It is indeed bloody as the title reads.
At first, I couldn’t find the blood until it starts flowing all over the book. Is it a metaphor? Or authentic red splatter? Have a read and you will find out. I will drop this for potential readers. Start for the story, care for the characters and stay for the twist only then will you see the blood flowing.
The book is classified as young adult fiction, and it is about 162 pages and 21 chapters. Each chapter has its topic written on its first page, which rightly represents the story of each chapter. The book was written with a casual English tone which will appeal to a lot of readers, especially the target audience. The book is highly educative with numerous lessons for teens and adult inclusive. Therefore I am recommending this book to young teens and adults.
There were many aspects of the book that I enjoyed. The raw thought and emotion of the main character, the lessons about being you, the humorous lines which left me in stitches, the use of casual language which made the book flow gracefully, and the moment Maxx compared parents to kidneys “Two real parents are best but just like a kidney, you can get by okay with one.”
This book was beautifully edited with some typographical error which did not interrupt the flow of the story line. Apart from this, I found no fault in A Bloody Book, for this reason, I am rating it 4 out of 4 stars.
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A Bloody Book
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