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5.0 out of 5 stars
Great book for teenagers and adults,
By MT "huckfinn246" (Princeton, NJ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lockie Leonard Human Torpedo (Paperback)
This is a fantastic read--it's not for the prudish, because it's quite frank in its sexual talk, which makes it really refreshing. I don't think an American parent or teacher would want any kid younger than 13 or 14 to read it. You can find cheaper copies on Alibris--check it out. To be on the safe side get an Australian or UK edition of the book because book 2 (Lockie Leonard, Scumbuster) was severely edited to change the Australian slang for the American reader. Big mistake. Not sure about this one because I only have the Australian edition. The Aussie slang isn't that hard to figure out and it's a lot of the fun of reading the book. Highly recommended. If you're a fan of Tim Winton's books for adults, don't dismiss this one--it's every bit as good as his writing for adults.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Love, sex and morality,
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This review is from: Lockie Leonard, Human Torpedo (Red Fox Young Adult Books) (Paperback)
City boy Lockie Leonard is twelve-and-three-quarters years old, terrible at Math and average at most things, but he can surf good for his age. Now Lockie's family has moved to a small, seaside, rural town, and to top that he is going to high school for the first time. He is more nervous than normal, making lots more mistakes and generally turning out a looser no one wants to know. Then Lockie meets Vickie Streeton, the girl of his dreams, and everything changes in his favor. But is everything now as good as he thinks?
This very successfully written story is about both sexual awakening and emerging morality. The author achieves this interesting combination by avoiding some of the pitfalls of, for example, prudery, or its opposite, over-sensationalization. The sexuality is always described naturalistically and included as the story demands it. Teenage boys, for example, will enjoy reading a story that reveals that most guys experience some surprise and a little embarrassment when they first have a 'wet dream'. The morality centers on the question of 'when is it the right time for intercourse?' Parents will be relieved to find that, despite all the sexuality, this book does not encourage their children to run out and have intercourse at the first opportunity. The book also has minor themes of law and order, formal religion and social class divisions. I have one criticism of this otherwise good book: the story is set in Australia and the author has included a lot of Australian popular cultural references, which will be inaccessible to an international audience, and worse, which are now dated even in Australia. (The book was written back in 1990.) Young people just won't understand these references as they are no longer part of the current world. These references, however, are only incidental to the story and the book can be enjoyed despite of them.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Love, sex and morality,
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This review is from: Lockie Leonard, Human Torpedo (Paperback)
City boy Lockie Leonard is twelve-and-three-quarters years old, terrible at Math and average at most things, but he can surf good for his age. Now Lockie's family has moved to a small, seaside, rural town, and to top that he is going to high school for the first time. He is more nervous than normal, making lots more mistakes and generally turning out a looser no one wants to know. Then Lockie meets Vickie Streeton, the girl of his dreams, and everything changes in his favor. But is everything now as good as he thinks?
This very successfully written story is about both sexual awakening and emerging morality. The author achieves this interesting combination by avoiding some of the pitfalls of, for example, prudery, or its opposite, over-sensationalization. The sexuality is always described naturalistically and included as the story demands it. Teenage boys, for example, will enjoy reading a story that reveals that most guys experience some surprise and a little embarrassment when they first have a 'wet dream'. The morality centers on the question of 'when is it the right time for intercourse?' Parents will be relieved to find that, despite all the sexuality, this book does not encourage their children to run out and have intercourse at the first opportunity. The book also has minor themes of law and order, formal religion and social class divisions. I have one criticism of this otherwise good book: the story is set in Australia and the author has included a lot of Australian popular cultural references, which will be inaccessible to an international audience, and worse, which are now dated even in Australia. (The book was written back in 1990.) Young people just won't understand these references as they are no longer part of the current world. These references, however, are only incidental to the story and the book can be enjoyed despite of them.
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