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As I solemnly swore to myself into this year's Reading Challenge, I thought of writing book reviews as well.
I probably am not an avid reader or a literature critics, or whatever it takes a job to write a review. I am an ordinary reader who finds enjoyment in writing reviews.
Ummm...
Let me rephrase that....
I am just a writer wannabe who likes writing in blogs every now and then.
Okay, so now let's start!
Burn by Ellen Hopkins
Never have I ever heard of her name before, but Hopkins' work caught my eye as I browsed her sets of novels on the shelves.
I opened the pages, scanning through the lines hoping to find anything interesting, and found out that it was a 'verse novel'.
What is a verse novel? If you are a literature student, or graduated from Faculty of Letters, you are supposed to be familiar with this. If you are not any of both, you might know what a 'verse novel' is if you've read it.
"A verse novel is a type of narrative poetry in which a novel-length narrative is told through the medium of poetry rather than prose. Either simple or complex stanzaic verse-forms may be used, but there will usually be a large cast, multiple voices, dialogue, narration, description, and action in a novelistic manner."
Surely yours,
Lou
I probably am not an avid reader or a literature critics, or whatever it takes a job to write a review. I am an ordinary reader who finds enjoyment in writing reviews.
Ummm...
Let me rephrase that....
I am just a writer wannabe who likes writing in blogs every now and then.
Okay, so now let's start!
Burn by Ellen Hopkins
Never have I ever heard of her name before, but Hopkins' work caught my eye as I browsed her sets of novels on the shelves.I opened the pages, scanning through the lines hoping to find anything interesting, and found out that it was a 'verse novel'.
What is a verse novel? If you are a literature student, or graduated from Faculty of Letters, you are supposed to be familiar with this. If you are not any of both, you might know what a 'verse novel' is if you've read it.
"A verse novel is a type of narrative poetry in which a novel-length narrative is told through the medium of poetry rather than prose. Either simple or complex stanzaic verse-forms may be used, but there will usually be a large cast, multiple voices, dialogue, narration, description, and action in a novelistic manner."
Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verse_novel
Well, when I opened the pages, I found that the story was written in "poetry style", making it easy to read as I flipped off the pages. Somehow I wonder if this novel was written in such a way so people who don't really like reading would read it. You know, somehow you can just get bored when you see a page full of letters, not to mention, pages full of letters mwahahahahaha...
So yeah, I took the book then started right then, and got hooked on the way the story went.
This book tells about a young girl raised in a religious family who then found out that she did not fit in there. Simply put, this is a story about being anti-mainstream.
I love the way Hopkins made reader feel accomplished. Why I said so? It's because once you start reading, you would not realize how many pages you read until you come to half of the book. I think you can do that in one sitting. Oh well, if you have nothing to do but read (LOL)
Hopkins gave me the pride of being able to "read fast", that's my first accomplishment this year and by saying that, I am so hyped up to read more. Yes, read more from my reading challenge list.
Hopkins, too, might interest those feminists with the female-is-lower-than-male issue. The heroine is described as a young lady with adamant principles. She is full of curiosity and her complexity seems immensely simple at some point.
Because this book greatly influenced me (as mentioned above) in reaching my goal of Reading Challenge, I would recommend this book and rate it for 5 out 5.
Ah, let me give you some quotes from the book
Okay,
Hit me back just to check,Surely yours,
Lou
