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Flowers for Algernon, Daniel Keye

This was originally one of several options to read for school, which I didn’t choose. However, Aeysh told me it was amazing, so I had to try it. It turned out to be better than amazing. This book completely surprised me.
Writing    Character depth/development    Plot    Je ne c’est quoi
      4.5/5                         5/5                    4.5/5           4/5
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Feed, M. T. Anderson

You probably haven’t heard of this book, but I promise it’s amazing. It left me crying.
Writing    Character depth/development    Plot    Je ne c’est quoi
      4/5                         4/5                     3/5            4/5
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Nevermore, James Patterson

Ah, the long awaited end to the Maximum Ride series. I’m sorry to say that I’m disappointed in this book. It had so much potential, but it left me feeling kind of indifferent.
Writing    Character depth/development    Plot    Je ne c’est quoi
      3/5                         3.5/5                    3/5           4/5
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Hello world!

My name is Sophie. I’m a twelve-year-old avid reader who lives in Massachusetts. I aspire to be an author one day, but for now I’m stuck reviewing current young adult books that are on the market now. My goal is to help teenage readers pick books that they will enjoy, and I do that by creating a helpful description of books that I’ve read. If you want me to review a book, just ask. I’ll be happy to buy and read it!

I rate books on four things; Writing, Character depth/development, Plot, and Je ne c’est quois. The first three are self explanatory. How is the author’s word choice? Are you able to sympathize with the characters? Does the plot grab your interest? But the last category is less straightforward. Well, for those of you who don’t know, je ne c’est quois literally means “I don’t know what”. It is an intangible and indescribable quality that makes something stand out from other things that are superficially similar. (Thank you wikipedia!) When I rate a book’s je ne c’est quois, I’m trying to say that they have that certain special something that some books lack.

Thanks for reading!

-Sophie