Customer Reviews

Graduation (Final Friends, No. 3)

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This book is the best out of the Final Friends series because all your questions are answered. I LOVE how Pike made the relationship between some people final. This book has everything that anyone would want: romance, mystery, and suspense. This book is DEFINITELY NOT childish. One of my fav. books of Pikes.

I would definitley rate this book as one of the best I have ever read. I have read it so many times over and it never gets boring. I didn't read the first one but I read the second one which made me want to read this one and, as an avid Pike fan, I can truly state that I think this is one of his best books.

I love the final friends trilogy this book was the best I thought about skipping straight to this book instead of reading the first 2 but if I'd have done that the tension wouldn't have been so great. I made the mistake of reading this book on a school night before I went to sleep. I didn't put it down until 5am and even then I didn't finish it. Unlike other books I've read I have to read each and every word incase I miss an important bit. I found that when I read this book the words turned to a movie in my head. There is a down side to reading Pike's books: I end up with Pike-Fever. When I get like 3 or 4 pike books I do nothing and go nowhere until I've read them all.

This book was one of the most intriguing books I have read yet. It has real cool characters that we can comprehend with. The characters remind me of people I know from my school. There are characters, like Maria, Jessica, and Mike, that you would love, others who would just plain hate, like Bubba and Kats, and some others that you would really ponder about what is wrong with their mentality, for example, Clark and Polly. I think this book had everything in it. It had killer suspense, mind boggling mysteries, a beautiful romance, and some hilarious comments and funny sarcasm scattered through out the book. It had a good story line. All the weird stuff that ever happened all made sense toward the end of the book. Also this story has such a twist that you would be shocked because it would totally go against about what you thought was going to happen. This diffidently happened to me. Unfortunately, there are also some things that I really didn't like. Before you read

this book you would have to read book #1 "The Dance" and book #2 " The Party" if you like to have more details about what happen in the past. I got lost at first because I did not know what happened in the past, even though it had summary's about what happened in the last two books. In the beginning of the book was not that interesting for me. There was no suspense or nothing, but it did tell some clues about the future. It was just talked about what everyone is going to do. There was also some sections and paragraphs that were just boring to me. That most likely had nothing to do with the murder of Alice. For example, the speeches the Valedictorian was giving during the graduation ceremony. To sum it up, despite the negative things in the book, it was a pretty good book. Like I said before, it had mystery, suspense, etc. and a real good plot with a fantastic twist to the story at the end. I really recommend this book to anyone, especially to people at high school levels who can relate to the characters in here. On a scale of 1 through 10, I give it an eight.

This book takes place mostly a town and on a boat in the middle of the ocean. The Graduation is about a group of seniors in highschool.(...)

I enjoyed the book because the age frame in which the story takes place matches up with myself very well since I am also a senior in highschool. The author has a great sense of humor with his jokes he wrote throughout the book and the story line is very detailed but not boring at all. All of the characters in the story has very interesting personalities which makes the book much more interesting as how the author can get such contrasting attitudes to get along.

I learned through the book that good friends will be there for you and help you get past obstacles in life. I also learned that Christopher Pike writes good books and that maybe sometime I should read another one.

This book was one of the better books that I have read recently though highschool. It's a very interesting book as most highschoolers will feel that they can easily relate to the story. I'd recommend to other highschoolers that they should read this set of books and some of the authors books.

the third part of a mysterious yet thrilling story about a girl called Alice McCoy being killed. all signs point to sucicide as the girl is found with a gun in her mouth - with her fingers wrapped round it. The police has closed the case but Michael Olson wont let her rest in peace until he has proved she did not kill herself. The Graduation is mainly about him unravelling the story, whilst gaining valuable information from the mysterious Clark Halley, he partys on an all night cruise to Catalina, he finalley finds out who the murderer is, as well as nearly getting killed with the rest of his friends as the party turns into yet another tragic ending for the final friends. id give a 100/100 but you can only go up to 5 here!

When i read a trilogy, like Final Friends, i like the first one, the second one is alright, and the third one would be my favorite. THat is always the case, with any trilogy. When i first saw this book on the shelf in the library, i looked at the cover and dismissed it. But when a friend onvinced me to read it, i did, but first i read the first one, then the third, then the second. THe Graduation is definitely the best. My eyes were watering at Jessie and Mike's growing relationship, how they loved each other so much, but were too shy and scared to tell each other, thinking the other one would never feel the same. I luv the ending and i luv all the couples in here. Clair and Bubba, i liked that pair, Sara and Russ, i luved how he just kissed her without her seeing it coming, Nick and Maria, they seemed like an odd couple...and of course, MICHAEL AND JESSSSICA! I feel my eyes water when i read the parts where Pike shows how strongly they feel toward each other. Example :"Michael?" The strength went out of her....omg thats so sweet

I just finished reading this three book series. Christopher Pike has an awesome way of allowing the reader to suspect almost everyone of the crime. You are introduced to each character through Pike's style of parading through each character's mind, connecting the reader to the character's feelings. It is a great series; one that keeps you waiting for more. I recommend this book to all, especially any Pike fan's out there.

Well the thing is, I really liked this book! It's actually my favorite! Even though there were some parts where I got bored (that was once or twice). You ought to give it a try! This trilogy is well written, based on facts teenagers face in their real lives. I fell in love with Michael Olson, thought Jessica Hart was cool and my favorite character was Bubba, coz he knows everything! Try it!

This is the most wonder book (seris)! I have read the 3 books over 15 times and have yet to be bored with it! I think Pike did an excellent job of coming up with a celver plot, beautiful characters and for making such a surpirizing ending! I LOVE Micheal and Jessica and wih that there was someone out there that was REALLY Micheal!!:) I truely believe that you should read this book--and the first 2!!:)