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Summary: THAT WAS THEN THIS IS NOW
Review: I THNK THAT THIS STORY WAS OK BUT AT THE END IT WAS A GREAT ENDING BUT THE BEGINING IT WAS KIND OF BORED WHEN YOU GET TO THE MIDDLE OF THE BOOK YOU WILL LIKE S.E.HINTON DID A GREAT JOB AT THE END
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Summary: Steer Clear
Review: This book was in the least bit good. It was long and uneventful. Its was too easy to read. If you ever read The Outsiders which is the book that comes before That Was Then, This Is Now you might notice the plot is bad or it does not become clear until well beyond the half way point. The whole book is about gang fighting, nosense talking and smoking. You wiil find your self being bored through out the whole book. And when you do get to the plot, its still dumb.
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Summary: that was then this is now review
Review: In the book, "That was Then, This is Now", I do like the story but it skips a lot of information. I enjoyed it because it shows things that could happen in real life. the characters seem real. The worst part was when Mark ruins his life by selling drugs. He sells them to the hippies and Brian find out. Brian turns Mark into the police and he has to go to juvey hall. Mark gets into trouble there and has to go to the State Prison. The two story elements that are most vivid are the characters and the setting.I feel the characters were easily matched with their discriptions and their personalities. The setting is a main part of the story and is set in the city. The city is probably the best place for these characters. It just wouldn't be the same if these characters were from like in a small town.
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Summary: That Was Then, This Is Now
Review: I read the book "That Was Then, This Is Now". This was one of the best books I have ever read! One of the reasons I liked it is because the book had characters that were explained very well. My second reason is because it had events that showed if the characters were a brave person or a cowardly person. The third reason I liked this book is beacause it's very realistic. It'll have like "shutup" instead of "hey man, be quiet man". S.E. Hinton wrote this book very well. If I had to give this book a rating on a scale of one to ten I would have to give it an eleven. That's how good the book is. The best part of the book... well that would be tough because there are so many great parts of this book. It would have to be...Bryon and Mark go into their friend Charlie's bar to get a coke. Bryon and Mark then challenge two guys from Texas to a couple games of pool. Bryon and Mark then win like twenty-three dollars. Then the Texans leave. A little while later Bryon and Mark leave. The Texans call them into the alley and they threaten them with a gun. Then Charlie pops out with a shotgun and Bryon and Mark get out of the alley. Then the Texans fired a shot at Bryon. Charlie jumps on Bryon to dodge the bullet. Mark picks up the shotgun and shoots at the Texans. Bryon rolls out from under Charlie. Charlie had got shot in the head. That would be one of the best parts. S.E. Hinton did a great job on all of the things. She did an excellent job on the characters and the plot. She described the characters features plus their personalities. She described the plot well enough to get everything she was saying. This is the best book I have ever read.
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Summary: That Was Then This Is Now
Review: A friend of yours is killed because of your life style. Do you continue to live like that or change?
Mark and Bryon are like brothers. They grow up together hustling pool and street fighting. A friend Charlie dies during a street fight, Bryon then turns his life around. Mark sells drugs and is turned in by Bryon. Mark then goes to prison. Mark and Bryon who onced loved each other hate each other in the end. The book That Was Then This Is Now is a realistic fiction story. I would recommend this book to anyone who has read The Outsiders. It's a spin off of this wonderful novel. This book however, is slow moving. It has excitement, but it is slow to reaching its climax. It is a story based off of choices. It relates to everyone; we all have a choice how we choose to live our lives. I enjoyed the book, but not as well as The Outsiders.
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Summary: really good book
Review: i loved this book. I thought it was REALLY good! the ending was SSOOO sad though. i couldn't believe bryon did that to mark...i thought that was a horrible thing to do your best friend that might as well be your brother. anways, i still loved this book and i think s.e. hinton is a really good writer.
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Summary: S.E. Hinton
Review: S.E. Hinton is a genius. I strongly recommend all her books (Tex and Taming the Star Runner are the only books that are close to average). The way her characters narrate a book is priceless, like a streetwise Holden Caulfield. All of the boys in her books are tough (or tuff, as they prefer to be called) yet endearingly sweet and somehow innocent even though they've seen pretty much everything there is to see. Please read all of her books, particularly this one, The Outsiders, and Rumble Fish.
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Summary: An all-right book
Review: I didn't like this book especially. I didn't really like any of the characters (well, except for Ponyboy, but only because I liked him so much in THE OUTSIDERS). The plot is good though, one I'm sure comes up more than you'd think. The main idea of this book is there are two teenage boys, Bryon and Mark, living their lives. Bryon is trying to move on from the way he used to be, and is starting to get more serious about some things, like his girlfriend Cathy. Mark, however, still lives for the thrill of things, and seems to be trying not to grow up. The boys can both feel that something is changing between them, but they aren't sure what. Then one night, Bryon comes to a horrible realization about Mark and has to face a decision that could change their friendship forever.
This is a good book. It was a page-turner, and it was very real, like S.E. Hinton always writes. The ending almost ruined it for me, though! But it was still good. 3 stars.
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Summary: Not one of my favorites, but a good read
Review: Although I did not like the plot of this book so much, I thought that the messages behind it was the key to it's success. It focuses a lot about friendship and the comparison of "rich" kids and "poor" kids. A little violent at times, but overall, I recommend this book if you're looking to search for a deeper meaning.
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Summary: That Was Then, This is Now
Review: This is a story about two best friends. They were Bryon and Mark. They now are sixteen and are starting to not like each other. Bryon now hates the fights that they used to have when they were little. He also hates the violence that he sees Mark doing.
Bryon falls in love with a girl. The girl's name was Cathy. Cathy had a brother. Cathy's brother was known as MandM because whenever or whereever you see him he is always eating MandM's. Her brother was young and healthy.
Bryon then found out that Mark was using drugs. After Bryon started having a girlfriend, Mark thought that he was losing his best friend. He then started making kids start doing drugs. He didn't like Cathy because he thought that she was the reason that Bryon was changing. He made MandM start doing drugs. You will find out what happens to MandM and the rest of them when you read the book.
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