After the First Death

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Summary: a great book, i would recommend it to anyone.
Review: after the first death is a really gripping novel, raising many issues, and still it all comes together in the end. although it is seen as a "young adult" book, anyone from 14 to 45 will enjoy this. it also has many questions, which are left unsolved until the very end, which only makes the reader get more involved in the book,until the last page 987654321 thumbs up!

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Summary: Interesting and very well written.
Review: This book was cool!!!!!! Two thumbs up!!!!

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Summary: A great book that makes you think.
Review: Robert Cormier writes in a very effective way. He tells things like they are, not as people perceive them. The way he described how Milo felt was touching. The phrase 'the innocence of evil' definitely applies here. Cormier gets into the hearts and souls of people, and shows their flaws and attributes equally and without judging them. He uses multiple narrators so he gets across both sides of the story. It shows great talent to be able to write like that because it is confusing to get the details straight, but he does a good job so his story isn't at all confusing. The way he writes, his characters have emotions and they seem more 'real'. When he kills off two of the main characters, that shows he uniqueness in his writing. The only confusing part was when the general was talking to his son inside his head. Other than that I found this book easy to read and follow.

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Summary: More than just a book for young adults
Review: After the first death isn't a book many people have taken the time to read simply because it has been classified as a book for young adults. But it is clear that this book is much more than that from the first page to the last. A classic book about the choices that people are forced to make under distressed. The sometimes tragic consequenses those choices create. The image and the intrigue of the school bus on the bridge is facinating. Just how deeply treaded in madness is the narating general? Who exactly was the first death? Was it physical death or moral? Interesting questions are an excellent book.

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Summary: Interesting insights...
Review: The book is excellent for its insights, conveying what one must do for the sake of another and what he can not do, for his own humanity/thoughts. I enjoyed the book, and I couldn't put it down. The portrayal of how one man must do what is considered "for the greater good" conflicts with his own ethnics and code of honour.

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Summary: A brilliant piece, thrillingly reminiscent of "Catcher"
Review: This is a completely enthralling and compellingly readable book, reminiscent of "Catcher in the Rye," and it should be considered a must-read right alongside a list of classics. Though it's considered young adult literature (primarily because it's told from the perspective of three teenagers coping with the realism of a truly terrifying hostage situation), this book would keep a reader of any age on the edge of his or her seat.

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Summary: Excellent Book, can't put it down.
Review: The book that first started my interest in thrillers. The storyline is gripping and you begin to get involved with the characters. I advise you to read this book strongly

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Summary: I loved the book and I would recommend it to anyone.
Review: I loved the book and I would love to read it again. It was the best book I have read and it kept me reading and wanting to see what was going to happen next. Please take the time and read this book you will not regret it. I promise you that. TygerNash

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Summary: A thriller in both subject and style
Review: "After the First Death" is an outstanding, exciting read, driven by terrorism, violence, and bloodshed -- and, even more importantly, by Robert Cormier's tight, lyrical prose. Few other young adult novels are written with this level of verbal ingenuity. What impressed me most about the book's style is the mixture of narrators and narrative styles; Cormier shifts from first person to third person and back again, jumping back and forth in time as well. Normally, such an experimental style would drive young readers bonkers, but Cormier makes it work beautifully. This is a book that worked on all levels for me, both as a reader and a teacher, and it's been a very successful read with my freshmen. "The Chocolate War" may be his most famous, but I think "After the First Death" is his best.

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Summary: Not a duty, but a pleasure.
Review: in my opinion, "after the first death" is a good solution for english-students looking for some literary texts which aren't too difficult to understand. the vocabulary which is used by robert cormier isn't too easy - for students - and you have to look up quite a lot expressions and single words as the author often repeats them again later. the book isn't a cheap thriller you read if you're bored but it's written on a high stylistic level, it consists ofa lot of psychological aspects. i enjoyed reading the chapters dealing with the hijacking itself, miro, artkin and so on but: i was bored by those passages telling the reader about ben and his father in such a boring way at the beginning of the book. thank you.