Bless The Beasts And Children : Bless The Beasts And Children

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Summary: A book to be read by genuine readers only
Review: I read the other reviews for this novel and discovered that the ones who rated it boring or with a low number of stars failed to mention any other critique besides "flashbacks were hard to understand" and "misfits 'fitting'together was unreal." Apparently, we have "readers" who do not do a lot of reading (as evidenced by their own words) and readers who don't really know "how to read." (Do movie flashbacks give them problems also?) The book is a narrowed view of a growing population of "misfits," poignantly written without "tearjerking" compassion. It bares the truth of both the "misfits" AND the "normals."

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Summary: It's a great adventure and fun to read.
Review: I read this book as a young teen and pretended to be part of the boys group all through my adolescent life. We pretended to be the boys and made up our own adventures and causes to save. We lived near a golf course and rode our pretend horses all over the area. We gave ourselves special nicknames, personalities, and skills. I was afraid I would feel differently about the book when I read it as an adult. Wrong!! Reading it as an adult was just as fun. Who ever said it was to be realistic.

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Summary: This book is pretty interesting.
Review: I read this book for a class at my high school, and as soon as I read the introduction, I knew it would be interesting and a good book to read. I liked the characters portrayed in the book, especially Cotton. He never backed down and he helped the "bedwetters" be able to do without his help. I especially liked the part where Teft shot out sideburns hot rod sliks with a .22. I thought it was pretty funny. I got confused at a couple parts, but overall, I'd say, if you want a good book to just sit down and read, get Bless the Beasts and Children

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Summary: Moving
Review: I read this book well over 25 years ago and have never forgotten it. Any adolescent who feels "out of synch" with the rest of the crowd can identify with Cotton and the "bedwetters" and find that it is okay to be who you are and to stand up for what you believe in. That is an invaluable life lesson and that is what I "walked away" with after reading this book. I highly recommend it.

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Summary: A fun and adventerous book for young readers
Review: I really thought the book had a good point and it was humorous and adventerous.

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Summary: I dont like it
Review: I think that this book is boring. I read often and love it, and I love all types of books, but this one was just too boring. I did not get CONFUSED by the flashbacks, or anything else, it just bored me to death and if I didnt have to read it for english class i wouldnt

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Summary: It was a confusing one but a great one
Review: I was ordered to read this book by my tenth grade english teacher, for a grade of course. Most of the time I don't enjoy reading books that I have to for school and grades. Last year I had to read The Lord of the Flies which is greatly similar to this book. After the first chapter I got deep into the book and found it very interesting and relized how the author did such a great job with the characters and setting and he really had me using my imagination to the see cages, the jeep, and the hunters. If you got deep into this book like I did then you would definatly enjoy Lord of the Flies. For a tenth grade level I don't think the book is as hard to read as others think so if I were you I would definatly check it out!

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Summary: I disliked this book-It's boring
Review: I wouldn't recommend this book to anyone unless you're looking for something really boring to read. I didn't like it and the flashbacks totally threw me off. I thought making a book about boys chasing buffalo wouldn't turn anyone on unless it was the only book available while they were in jail. The "Bedwetters" seemed like some pretty lame people especially because they were teenagers who wet the bed. I thought the suicide threats by Goodenow were ridiculous and totally pointless to the book's story. I guess I give a star, menaing 1, one, but if 0 was a choice, i might pick that too.

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Summary: Good, but the Author is a little patronizing....
Review: I'm sick of the whining about the flashbacks. They are put in italics, for crying out loud! Is that so difficult to comprehend? The first time I started reading one, I understood it was a flashback. And, regardless of what some of the whiners here say, the flashbacks are necessary, they reveal why the characters are the way they are, why they do what they do. duh!? It's called character development, people! The only drawback is that the author, Glendon Swarthout, doesn't trust the audience enough: he feels it necessary to go into prose passages to explain the significant events when they happen, and there effect on the boys, and he explains the symbolism for the audience, taking away the reader's chance to interpret it. But, storywise, very sad, but very potent.

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Summary: Good, but the Author is a little patronizing....
Review: I'm sick of the whining about the flashbacks. They are put in italics, for crying out loud! Is that so difficult to comprehend? The first time I started reading one, I understood it was a flashback. And, regardless of what some of the whiners here say, the flashbacks are necessary, they reveal why the characters are the way they are, why they do what they do. duh!? It's called character development, people! The only drawback is that the author, Glendon Swarthout, doesn't trust the audience enough: he feels it necessary to go into prose passages to explain the significant events when they happen, and there effect on the boys, and he explains the symbolism for the audience, taking away the reader's chance to interpret it. But, storywise, very sad, but very potent.