A Separate Peace

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Summary: A interesting book
Review: This book is pretty easy for a English 2 Honors required reading book. It is short and easy to understand. The story is nice and I can relate to it because it's about a high school student. The story is nice and shows how a person can just burst and express his anger and jealousy in such an evil way to his best friend who reveres him so much.

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Summary: Ugh.
Review: Alright Let me stat off by saying that this book stinks. It is boring and slow . Finny is the typical egotistical Jock so he had itcoming to him for getting gene to do all of those things like skip school and go to the beach , which in the long run caused him to fail his trigonometry test. If it was me I would have also shook the branch!!!

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Summary: Run away, run far away
Review: Like many other helpless high school students, my English teacher forced me to read this book. It is the most pretentious piece of...words are insufficient to express my disgust. Why must we read garbage like this in school instead of truly great works by authors such as Hemingway and Twain? Answer: spineless teachers and parents. Screw 'em all.

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Summary: I enjoyed reading my daughter's high school assignment
Review: I began reading this to my daughter when she became too intimidated by the book after two pages to finish reading it. We read the entire book together, because after the first two chapters I had to know the entire story. I am not a person who has enjoyed reading novels much as an adult, but I enjoyed this as much as I did "Catcher in the Rye" as a teenager. I think "A Separate Peace" is much more subtle, and has deeper implications. It may be far too mature of a read for most high school students, as evidenced by a lot of their comments. It is a good snapshot of U.S. life during WWII, and a good generalization of life at any ivy league or prep school of any generation. I cried like a baby at the ending. Read it yourself to find out why.

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Summary: The English Class Bible (Straight from a 16-year old)
Review: A Separate Peace has all the elements of a well written story. It's just so incredibly boring I couldnt watch the movie. The first ten pages were the worst part of the book. By page 15 I was out on my desk drooling. I had to make a run to Blockbuster. Sorry John, it just needs more action or something

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Summary: Oh So Boring
Review: I was forced to read this book and it really didn't keep my attention. There were just some parts in that book that were unecessary. I think Gene was really paranoid and probably needed psychiatric help and so did Brinker. I actually liked Finny, he was a poor innocent victim in this book who was subjected to a bunch of freaks. Overall the book was uneventful and I pity anyone who has to read it.

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Summary: The Worst Book I've Ever Read
Review: I was forced to read this book for this year of high-school. It was TERRIBLE. It is a story of paranoia, revenge, and psychocitsm. I wouldn't recommend this book ever.

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Summary: Had the potential to be a really good book
Review: I was forced to read this book this year in school and it is awful. It starts out being a happy-go-lucky book about 16 year old boys then turns into a paranoid, hatefest! I hate the way that Gene who seems to be a perfectly healthy boy turns into a person with a bad case of paranoia in two chapters. This book is depressing for no reason and very pointless. Please don't read it because it is a waste of your time. Spend time reading some other books of a much higher quality.

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Summary: ?
Review: If you're stereotypical and immature then this book is not for you. The book is a wonderful story, with a main character who develops tremendously throughout the novel. It talks about a different time though, so many students who are required to read it, don't seem to be able to understand what the book is really trying to say. It reminds me a lot of "Dead Poets Society". I'd highly recommend it to anyone with an open-mind and a creative one too.

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Summary: I love this book!
Review: This book is amazing. It says so much, yet leaves so much for you to interpret for yourself. A great story of growing up, discovering yourself, and all it entails.