This story is set in a future society where speed and efficiency are the most important things. Every sentence spoken must be ended with the word go. Adverbs are considered unnecessary and a waste of time. Movies are only 15 minutes long and beds are designed so you can sleep standing up. All citize...
This is one of the few books that had me cringing in public--realizing it and still not being able to stop. In a very good way.It's really amazing to see how much Rapp can do with such few words, and I am so impressed with how he shows everything--the hurt, the abuse, the way these kids are so fucke...
Y'know - people who don't do horror sure have no idea on how to react to things that are from the genre. It's all tawdry, it's irredeemable, it's as bad as Grand Theft Auto. Not that there's anything wrong with that type of fun stuff - I grew up playing Vice City because I had cool parents. I am ...
I loved Punkzilla so I have high hopes for this one!WOW-finished this right as the darkness and gloom of the day broke thru to a little bit of light-just like the ending of the book.
I loved Punkzilla so I have high hopes for this one!WOW-finished this right as the darkness and gloom of the day broke thru to a little bit of light-just like the ending of the book.
Intense, edgy, disturbing - just a few words that describe THE CHILDREN AND THE WOLVES by Adam Rapp. The reader is slapped in the face with the gritty story on the first page.Bounce, an extremely intelligent and wealthy girl meets Wiggins and Orange in detention. Bounce immediately sees them for wh...
Fourteen year old Jamie, or Punkzilla, as he's come to be known, has been living the past few months in a Portland halfway house when a letter from his older brother sends him busing and hitch-hiking across the country. In Memphis, his 27-year old brother Peter has cancer, and Punkzilla wants to see...
Well, that was just as dark as it looked! But also amazingly executed. The art is clear and vivid and engaging, and the story is perfectly structured and paced. The ending was a bit perplexing but the heart wrenching darkness and despair were palpable.
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