Music. Money. Drama. Teenage Angst. Teen SpiritI've read a lot of books that deals about music, and all the while it consists of the same thing: a lot of music, drama, and overflowing of emotions. But what makes this book a bit different from the others? Well, for one we haven't heard of a "deaf" gi...
It's hard for me to put into words how much I enjoyed reading "Five Flavors of Dumb." Antony John presents a brilliantly savvy, realistic voice through Piper, a deaf teen who ends up - inadvertently - becoming a manager for a rising teen rock band called "Dumb". It became clear to me from the openin...
For a more in-depth review and more, check out http://vivaladolcevita14.blogspot.com/Oh holy cheese, this book is the BOMB!!!! I mean that. This book blew me away with it's amazingness of amazing. If you haven't picked this up, DO IT NOW! Sorry, but I am officially in love with this book. I want to ...
Wow, this book is freaking awesome! Five Flavors of Dumb crosses a threshold that at least I never though could have been crossed. Yes, music is all-consuming and doesn't require proper functioning of the senses to feel it. But Antony John showed just how it is done; how it is possible to feel the r...
Nothing too spectacular but I did enjoy it. Thought the ending was a bit abrupt, though. It felt like the whole book was about this band of characters--characters outside the band as well--and their major flaws. The content of the book was basically exploiting the flaws and then just reading about t...
I wish I hadn't read this book. Well, not really, but there's a chance I might meet the author in November, and now I'm going to have to put on a wig and pretend like I'm not really Mike Mullin because I'll be too nervous to meet him.Anyway, the book: insane humor and gentle humanity wrapped in a cl...
You may have noticed I am a sucker for stories involving music--especially rock music. The power of music to inspire, influence and move people has always been fascinating to me and I was particularly intrigued to read such a story from the perspective of a deaf protagonist. Piper is just amazing:...
This book hovered on the edge of DNF, as it seemed oddly pedantic and shallow. Not that difficult and interesting issues weren't raised, it just seemed like the characters themselves were little more than shadows in a morality play. It was a morality play without cohesive theme, to boot, as John s...
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