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Title: Pieces by Stephen Chbosky ISBN: 0-671-00195-7 Publisher: MTV Books Pub. Date: 01 August, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.31 (16 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Pieces
Comment: Pieces isnt a bad book at all! I had some low expectations for it due to some of the other reviews, but all in all I was pleasantly surprised with most parts of the book. It isnt very reminiscient of "Perks of Being a Wallflower" if you're expecting that.
Overall, I give it a B, some of the stories were horrible (Mother, White Carousel Horse) and then, some were marvelous,(Roam, Forbidden Fate). Others were mediocre.
Dont listen to the people saying this book is "too much to take" because I am 16 and a high school junior. I found it to be a good read that kept me interested and entertained.
Rating: 2
Summary: I wasn't impressed with these Pieces
Comment: Stephen Chbosky- one of my favorite authors and diectors and screenplay producers. I have the greatest respect for him and especially for his Perks of Being a Wallflower, but this was BAD! There was maybe one or two good stories out of the dozen or so that were featured.
I expected this book to be a masterpiece, but it surely wasn't. The writing was nothing fantastic and half the stories didn't have a well developed plot and I'm terribly disappointed with this work. It's a waste of $
*The first story, Scoring, is about some guys problem with drugs. He wants as many pills as posible-- Not original
*Polaroid is very descriptive, and is almost a circle of the lives of the people surrounding the base of the Eifel Tower.
*Day of the Dead- some guy's weird deal with the author of a health food book and his girlfriend... BAD
*The White Carousel Horse is my favorite story. Its wonderful and sad and shows the chronology of a young girl's deteriorating family.
*First Snow is okay. Its an average jail story
*Carnival is also interesting, you aren't quite exactly sure what its about, but I think its about the guilt of getting an abortion.
*Petty Theft is amazingly stupid. There's not much interesting about it.
*Next Time is weird. Its the story of a housewife's awful marriage and a man trying to rob her home the she befriends, but is killed before he can get out.
*Black Cowboy- more waste of paper
*Pinball- sick, perverted, totally MTV. A man's experiment with gay activities.
*Roam is an interesting story of a cook's experience at the home of the very wealthy. It was at par.
*Mother was a wonderful, heartfelt story. It's actually a worth-while read!
*Respiration was, again, par. It almost seemed like you were in the movies Erin Brokovic or the Rainmaker.
*A Fortune- this sounds like a dumb blonde joke. Not too good.
*Forbidden Fate- ahh... its okay. The story of arranged marriages... not my favorite.
Nothing in this book struck me as wonderful. The only other good thing in here is the introduction by Stephen Chboksy. Every thing else can be ripped out and used as kindlin'
Rating: 1
Summary: Pieces of Sh... well, I don't wanna finish it.
Comment: Being somewhat anti-MTV and someone who prefers tried and true authors, I admit I approached this book with perhaps an overly critical eye.
It turns out I was in for a big shock. It was worse than I could have imagined. This collection features some of the worst, most cliched PIECES of garbage I have ever had the misery to read.
Everything about it screams second-rate and pretense. Not one story was compelling in the least, especially not stories such as the thinly veiled (...) that is PINBALL. Nevertheless, if you prefer hackneyed and boring stories then by all means buy this book and be happy.
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Title: The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky ISBN: 0671027344 Publisher: MTV Pub. Date: 01 February, 1999 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Brave New Girl by Louisa Luna ISBN: 0743407865 Publisher: MTV Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 2001 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Fake Liar Cheat by Tod Goldberg ISBN: 0743400569 Publisher: MTV Books Pub. Date: July, 2000 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Smack by Melvin Burgess ISBN: 0380732238 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 04 May, 1999 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Floating by Robin Troy ISBN: 0671024493 Publisher: MTV Books Pub. Date: October, 1998 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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