Whirligig

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Summary: Wow! A really awesome book!
Review: Brent, the main character of this book tries to commit suicide, but instead kills another girl. Her mother has him build whirligigs on all four corners of the US to make up for it. I think Whirligig was a mildly entertaining book with lots of interesting characters that are are linked together through the wirligigs, Brent makes. Overall, I think it was a really good book, but could have been more descriptive.

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Summary: Whirligig is a wonderful book about the hardships of life.
Review: Whirligig is a wonderful book about the hardships of life and learning. It is about a boy paying his respects to the mother of a girl he killed. The boy doesn't think that he can ever be normal again, until he meets a person who somehow knows how he feels and helps him realize that he can be normal again. Overall, I think that Whirligig is a learning experience, as well as a nicely written and entertaining book.

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Summary: Whirligig-One of those books
Review: Whirligig is one of those books that is a interesting, unique story in a confusing content. I would definately reccommend this book, to a good reader!

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Summary: whirligig
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This book has an aura of feeling, a good learning experience and gives a new love for life. It sets up good feeling without just saying it straight out what he is feeling. Also it portrays that the character has a new sense of need and wants to get away from his old life and start a new one. The character also learns a lot on his trip that he would not have learned otherwise. With all these things in the book it creates a good story.
A huge part of this book was Brent learning many lessons that he would not have learned otherwise. Brent learns to not take life for granted and that the only life isn't a social life. He gets out of the place he's used to living in and sees new people and new places and then realizes that he has a really good life. As in the quote towards the end of the book where he sees the world in a different perspective, "The world itself was a whirligig, its myriad parts invisibly linked, the hidden crankshafts and connecting rods carrying motion across the globe and over the centuries". He goes around the country and finds many good people that aren't mean and spiteful. He learns that there are many good things in life and that he needs to live life to the fullest. This adds a great learning expierience for the reader and really helps them further understand the character.
In Brent's quest he finds a new love for life and wants to live. In the end he has three more weeks on his bus pass and wants too go see more of the country before he goes back to his old life. He feels a new fire burn inside him even though he knows that Lea is gone and the whirligigs will not bring her back. Like the quote, "He felt like a bee, returning to a hive, accepted and greeted by all. He knows that because he screwed up once that his life isn't forever a mess and that he will be forgiven. The book shows this when he tells his problem to the painter and she tells him she does not think him a bad person. This gives a good sense of "want to live" and helps the reader understand more what the character is thinking and feeling.
The book gives off a great aura of feeling without just telling what he's feeling. This adds a great feeling to the book and helps you understand more what the character is feeling. Like the quote "The driver beside him honked when he drifted into his lane, Brent ignored him". This sentence shows that Brent is brooding without just saying it flat out. Also at the dance you can tell Brent is enjoying himself just by not saying anything straight out. This doesn't make the book choppy to read or uninteresting. So it makes for an easy read.
This book portrays an aura of feeling, learning and that life shouldn't be taken for granted. It is an easy to read book with an in depth story line. I think that everybody needs to read this book to fully appreciate life.


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Summary: Whirligig-One of those books
Review: WOW! I am a 14 year old male who loves to read. This book really sticks out when I think of all the books I've read, and trust me, I've read a lot. Although it is short (I read it in 3 3-4 hour incrimants) it still has a great plot and ends with no loose strings. Some other books I recommend are: Any book by Jack Weyland, Zel, Storyteller's Beads, Harry Potter series, The Hobbit, Holes, My Brother Sam is Dead, Small Steps, Shadow Spinner, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, and Lyddie.

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Summary: Whirligig's
Review: I really didn't like this book it was really confusing and kind of boring. I thought that it would be a lot different than it is. The author really jumps from place to place and you have no clue what was going on. It has a really good theme and plot, but that authors writing syle wasn't what I really would put with this kind of theme/ book.