 | Some problems of foreign wars May 13, 2008 |
| I'm a big King Arthur book fan so I appreciate knowing about another good tale. I served in the Army during the Vietnam war and one fellow in my company tried unsuccessfully to get permission to marry his Korean sweet heart and bring her home (that was in Fort Belvoir , Virginia). I found that going to the east coast from California was like stepping into a time machine. The ideas of "class" and "race" had not passed away with civil rights laws, but seemed written on people's hearts. The children of our liberation from prejudice had to shoulder the load? I doubt that a world free of prejudice will ever happen, but the first to bridge that gap have to be the children. Although maybe a little forced in sentimentality at the end, this is a fine story of an old family coming to grips with a new reality. |
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 | flat characters, sexist, and not that fun to read Dec 6, 2006 |
This is not really a favorite of mine. It might have been the subtly...misogynist would be too strong a word...male biased perspective. (I don't think this was necessarily the author's intention, or if it was, if could have to do with creating a sense of realism that this is a boy with issues talking during the late 1980's, since he was also quite racist.) Even with this, it is an opportunity to uncover those subtle messages of blame and judgment on the female characters and talk about them and why men generally receive different treatment in the book, so if someone had to read it for class, for example, a Good teacher might bring up these ideas. Otherwise, it leaves you with a somewhat icky feeling, or at least it did with me.
As I mentioned, in a solid class environment, this book has plenty of themes and historical events to draw from, what with plot points revolving around the Vietnam War and Arthurian legend. As far as reading it for pleasure, I'd skip this one and pick something a little better with more dimensional characters with a more enlightening journey. This fell flat of my expectations...I think three stars is quite generous. |
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 | Park's Quest May 28, 2002 |
| Ididn't really like this book because it didn't make sense. It didn't make sense because he daydreamed so much you didn't no if he was daydreaming or not. I also didn't like it becuse the words werent discribed that well. Another reason I didn't like it was because it was confusing. It was confusing because it sounded all scrambled up. |
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| Park's Quest May 28, 2002 |
| I didn't really like this book because it didn't make sense. It didn't make sense because he daydreamed so much you didn't know if he was daydreaming or not. I also didn't like it becuse the words werent discribed that well. Another reason I didn't like it was because it was confusing. It was confusing because it sounded all scrambled up. |
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| Park's Quest May 28, 2002 |
| I would give Park's Quest by Katherien Paterson four stars. I have to admit I was confused when the flash back to Midieval Times started. The book was about 11-year-old Park who tries to find imformation on his father's clouded past. But Park finds something he never would of imagined. The ending of the book was excellent with discriptive words and great sentences. But the beginning of the book was dull. Otherwise it was a good book. I would recomend this book to anyone who likes Historical Fiction. |
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