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Summary: A Day No Pigs would Die
Review: I liked the book "A Day No Pigs Would Die". It was a real life situation that I enjoyed reading about. The book is about a Shaker boy named Rob and his pet pig, Pinky. The book was really easy to relate to. Rob has to go through things that I can understand. He goes through loss and many hardships and has to take on many adult responsibilities. This book helped me to see things through the eyes of other people. It makes me realize how spoiled I am. Rob is a Shaker, which means they are very simple people. They don't have much, which is why Robert's pig is so special to him. "A frill. And in a Shaker household there wasn't anything as evil as a frill." I have a houseful of "frills" and Rob doesn't have any. I also enjoyed the humor in the book. There were many funny little stories. I think the funniest part of the book is when Rob goes to Rutland with his neighbors, Mr. and Mrs. Tanner. Robs innocence adds much of the humor to the book. Especially when Rob thinks that a tutor is a musical instrument called a "tooter". I would recommend this book to people of all ages who are looking for a good laugh and a good book.
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Summary: Read with an open mind
Review: Reader: AGJ from Maryland The book, A Day No Pigs Would Die, is only a so-so book. Robert Peck, the author, fails to expand on character and leaves much to be desired when it comes to plot. There is no particular plot. Peck just seems to randomly stick chapters in the novel. Most of the characters are under developed. Apart from Rob, the pig and his father are the only characters. The book was needlessly violent and graphic. Many animals fall victim to the author's violent tendencies. However, the author does get his point across. " Hear me God...it's hell to be poor."(p.134) The point is: growing up is tough on everybody. My point is: this book is not for everybody. Happy reading!
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Summary: Zzzzzz...
Review: I would not recommend " A Day No Pigs Would Die" For many reasons. The book was about a shaker boy and a year of his life, as he gradually becomes a man. First this book has a very loose plot and many chapters were completely irrelevant to the plot and theme of growing up. I have to admit however; a few scenes were mildly amusing. The book itself has no clear audience intended. It seems to be written for a younger audience but some scenes are much too graphic and very disgusting. The book has a slow non-exciting plot. The entire book is boring and very lackluster. The ending leaves you asking too many questions and very little closure. There is no lesson learned from this book and is just a waist of time. I would only recommend this book to schools that are interested in killing of massive amounts of students by boring them to death.
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Summary: A bad book
Review: I think that a ''A Day no Pigs would Die'' is a very uninteresting book. I think that the historical information in it is very hypocritical. If the Peck family were Shakers, then how did they have children? The book has very graphic descriptions that made me feel ill. I don't think that this was a very challenging book for 8th graders. The vocabulary was not very hard. I think that the author did do a good job with the characters. I thought the character of Haven Peck was a very good one. He had a very interesting philosophy on life. I think that there should have been more important characters other than Haven and Rob, after a while the characters became boring and needed a little variety. The story was uninteresting. The life of a 13-year-old shaker was not very exciting. He did not have many dilemmas in his life besides his father dieing right at the end. It could have used a little more action. Wait; make that a lot more action. Don't read this book unless you have nothing better to do.
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Summary: "A Day No Pigs Would Die"
Review: Reader: ~Sara~Arnold, Maryland
I thought the book "A Day No Pigs Would Die" was a waste of paper. First, the book was really graphic. There are several scenes in the book, which makes me disrespect farmers. Specifically, when they weaseled hussy. Also when they tried to breed Pinky, and when they slaughtered Pinky. Second, the words were hard to comprehend since they had poor grammar. Third, the book is not realistic for teens today and it doesn't appeal to them. I feel this way because the book takes place on a farm which no one now a day lives on and kids can't grasp the concept. In conclusion, I think that this book should have been printed about 60 years ago to have any success.
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Summary: Not a Page Turner
Review: While Mr. Peck hits the mark in his descriptions of the daily events of an early 20th century Vermont farm, the graphic descriptions may prove unappealing to younger readers.
This novel of the coming of age of 12-year-old Robert Peck meets its point in the themes of growing up and the passing of seasons. The turning of the seasons travels along with the theme of the novel- a spring of birth and growing, summer of frolicsome pre- teen years, autumn of bittersweet memories and a winter of death and sadness.
With that very easy- going and care- free style I may have liked it except for the slaughter of a certain pig who shall remain nameless for those who have not read this novel yet. Also most depressing is the inhumane "Weaseling" of a small terrier named Hussy. She had to be put down do to her injuries.
The dialect is superb with the traditional speech of the Shakers. The characters are vividly portrayed with Peck's character traits that go along with the theme. These remarkable characters play important roles in the horrifying scenes of slaughter and gloom, and the blissful ones of Rutland Fair.
Just my opinion, but this is an overly descriptive book for those who wish ill to animals everywhere. Call the SPCA.
Yet this novel is not without points and idealism. The animal situations are reason 1 for my marking it down, as well as the disgusting situations
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Summary: Borrriing!
Review: I gave this novel, "A Day No Pigs Would Die", one star. The reason I did so, is because I thought this was a terrible book. The writer, Robert Peck, wrote this story using very graphic details, and with a very "intense" word choice. Basically, the story was about a boy and his pig, growing up on a farm. However, the story's nasty details really make the peaceful setting a lot gorier. An example was the murder of Pinky, Robert's pig. Another is when they try to breed Pinky. My last example is the birth of Bob, Aprons baby cow. If the choice were up to me, I would not recommend this story to ANYBODY! It is far too gory, nasty, and horrific to be worth reading!
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Summary: Boring
Review: I gave this novel, "A Day No Pigs Would Die", three stars. The reason behind my judgment on this book would be because I didn't find it to be all that interesting. Basically all the story was about was a boy and his pet pig. The only other parts of this book was when they had problems with their neighbors or Haven, (Roberts father). I thought that this book was really nasty because of all the pig slaughtering. It went into too much detail during those parts and the mating scenes. Another reason why I didn't enjoy this book was because of all the detail. It took up a whole chapter for one little topic! I just think that this could be shorter and more to the point. With these reasons, I wouldn't recommend this novel for a younger audience.
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Summary: A Day NO Pigs Would Die
Review: The book called A Day No Pigs Would Die is a humourous but sad story.It is written by Robert Peck, and it is a true story. It describes Robert as a boy growing up and having to abide by the book of Shaker.It takes place in Vermont in the 1930's. A Day No Pigs Would Die is about a boy who has to become a man very soon and his pet pig, Pinky.My favorite part of the story was when Robert went to the Rutland Fair with his neighbors and when he goes to the bathroom. Mrs.Tanner (his neighbor) tells him to watch for perverts, well little did he know that a pervert is a bad thing so he wants to meet one. Another very humourous part was when he brings a D home on his report card,and his Aunt Mattie wants to be his tutor. Well Robert thinks that tutor means an instrument and his Aunt Mattie is going to drown him cause she's Baptist and baptizeS people. A part that I didn't like in the book was when they were trying to weasel Ira Long's dog and after and after they weaseled her,she was so tore up that they had to shoot her to take her out of her misery. I would recomend this book for anyone who likes to read "down to earth" stories.It tells everything even if it doesn't want to because the author wants you to visualize what's going on.I would recomend this book because this book it is a great story, and I think that you would enjoy it!!
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Summary: A Day No Pigs Would Die
Review: The name is A Die No Pigs Would Die.The athur is Robert Peck. The main charaters are Rob, his dad Haven, and Pinky, a pig he got for saving his niebors cow Apron. He helped by pulling the calf out and the goiter that was in her thought. The parts I liked were the funny partssuch as the part his niebor said watch out for perverts he said he wanted to meet one. I give it 4 stars because of the curse words.
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