Customer Reviews

Asylum for Nightface

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4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(0)
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1 star:		(1)

 

 

I found this book at my Libary and i liked it because of the title. skimmed a few pages and decied to check it out
this book is great but i can never find it anywhere!

When I came across this book in our school library I picked it up simply for the neato cover. okay, so I DO tend to judge a book by it's cover, but this is one case where it turned out for the better. This book has very thought provoking stuff and I love the way it's written. Plus, I got to pick up a shiney little ryhme, Swede-On-A-Bead, TeeHee. I'll shut up now, since this is acually a very good book and by having an idiot like me review it would probably only discourage potential readers.

Despite the ratings the book has been given, this is one of my favorite books by Brooks. Like all of his books, you need to dig a little deeper for the real, hidden meaning. It doesn't hit the point it is trying to make- on purpose. You have to find the point yourself. Don't get this book if you don't enjoy having to think about it after. It explores the lives of teenagers, but presents itself in such a fasion that you don't realize it at first. A wonderful book, will always be one of my favorites.

This book requires some actual thinking, so beware to those who just read to fill up time at their child's sport events or whatever. This is a book for someone who would actually care to really sit and ponder it awhile.

The reason for that is simply that I read this book in one day easily and didn't really like it. After reading some other books I found myself going back to this one though, because it's rather unique (I can't remember the last time I read a book told in first person that was worth the paper it was printed on, besides maybe Mister B. Gone by Clive Barker).

I took my time reading it through the second time, thinking a little more about what was really going on. Really this book is thought provoking, edgy and interesting. At some points I felt like the authors point of view was coming out in the book, but it wasn't capitalized on too much so it wasn't particularly bothersome.

I found this book by accident and bought it for a dollar (just luck; try Amazon). I have to say I found it fascinating. I have mixed views on religion but very definite views on quacks and hypocrites in religion, and I like the way the author addressed this in the book. I like the way the book skips around; you have to stick with it, but eventually it comes together (think a less complex version of "A Rose for Emily." I appreciate authors who aren't afraid to address alternate or controversial issues and modes of thought, especially in a young adult book and especially on a subject as touchy as religion. Definitely worth a look.

This book deserves a point for an original idea, but that was the only thing it had going for it. The author might have been trying to make some sort of point by skipping from one scene to the next with no warning, but all it came off was a confusing plot that made little or no sense. Don't waste your money or time on this one.