Customer Reviews

A Place Called Ugly

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

 

 

A Place Called Ugly by Avi
Book review by Seth of N.Y

Owen's family stayed in a beach house for twelve years and now construction workers want to tear it down and build a hotel in the house's place and Owen won't stand for it. Owen hid in the beach house in mid fall and survived on $10.00 a lighter and some friends from a department store. And Owen has to convince the landowner to stop the construction and keep the beach house for future use. Miss Devlin (The landowner) isn't convinced and she thinks the hotel is a better investment. Some older kids started a fight and Owen got badly hurt. (He felt that in the morning)!!!

If you like realistic fiction with a twist of madness you'll love this book and I think Avi has made a good decision in making the novel A Place called ugly. I would recommend this book to anyone. Will Owen save his summer rental house? Find out in this great novel by Avi! On a scale of 1-5 I would rate this book **** 4 stars for best creativity. This book is great for any age. Enjoy!

Throughout all the changes going on in his adolesence, Owen is trying to hold onto the one "constant", the family summer home. But now that is at risk of being taken away. Owen makes some risky choices, and keeps the reader spellbound as his life may be in danger. The author uses flashbacks to help the reader understand why Owen is taking so many risks.

I found Owen to be a sullen little snot, making it impossible for me to have any sympathy for him or his plight. His story became one I could care less about. As with all of Avi's books, this one was well written, pity the main character was intolerable.

Regardless of the unappealing title, A Place Called Ugly written by Avi can be measured as one of the best books I have read. Since my summer assignment was to read during the summer, I decided to read this book. It made my summer more luxurious.
Depending if you like realistic fiction this book may be a book for you. THis book has many points which prove that this book can be considered as realistic fiction. Pip who is the main character, is an average boy who lives with his sister and her husband. Avi's description, though, is so flamboyant that they are visible ro all your senses; for example when Avi is explaining his sister's cooking, it is detectable to the eye to the smell, to the visiooon, and we are very close to tasting it. From the moment that I opened the book until when I closed the book felt like five minutes, because teh book was so attractive, and interesting. I read the book, like I eat ice-cream. The words are particles that make up the flavors, and the events are my desired flavors. Campared to Avi's writing, and other author's writings, I think that Avi has a unique way of seducing the reader. That's what I like most about Avi's books.

I want to see the cover pag