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I have a feeling that if I read this book as a kid, it would undoubtedly be a five-star book for me. My quibbles with it are those of an adult reader (it's closer to three and a half stars for me), but I imagine that reading this as a kid is a really empowering thing. It's a book designed for the smart kids, one that tells them that it's ok to be different and intelligent and not fit in. I wished that the ending didn't clean up so neat and tidy in the last 10 pages, that it wasn't so formulaic a
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I'm certain I reviewed this at some point, but it's not in my list...
Anyway, I gave it four stars instead of three based soley on its reputation...it's just not my kind of book. Very dry. ...more
Anyway, I gave it four stars instead of three based soley on its reputation...it's just not my kind of book. Very dry. ...more
I'm wavering between 3 and 4 stars for this one. I decided to give it 4 based on legacy alone. It took me a while to get into this book -- like most of the book -- but it was really good. So much happens so quickly. I can see how it would be good for reluctant readers because there's absolutely no fluff. Everything that happens is directly related to the plot. Matt says that when he writes poetry he tries to elminiate every unnecessary word, because words are like currency in poetry -- this book
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My favorite part of 12th grade physics was reading this under my desk.
Apr 06, 2007
Halsted Bernard
rated it
it was amazing
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review of another edition
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science-fiction
Oct 15, 2009
Alvin
rated it
really liked it
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Shelves:
read-in-2009,
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