Another Kind of Monday

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Summary: Another Kind of Monday
Review: I loved this book! I stayed up late reading it. I read it for school, but once I picked it up, it was hard to put down. The book was set in Pittsburgh, and that where I live, so it was fun reading about the places I know about. After I read it, then saw only three stars for it, I wanted to send a review, saying its better than that. I strongly recomend reading "Another Kind of Monday".

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Summary: I enjoyed the quest
Review: I really enjoyed this book - couldn't put it down. It's billed for young adults, but I'm in my 40's, and found it captivating. I liked "exploring" Pittsburg, and reading of its legends (I never knew if they were true or invented for the story, so I'll have to look up some of the stories and find out). I liked the theme that life is a story and therefore, we shoud try to "see other ways in which the story may be told". I enjoyed the romance of it - realistic but not explicit. More adult books should be written with romance like this.

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Summary: it was an ok book not the best.
Review: it was like a treasure hunt that had no point 2 it

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Summary: Another kind of Bore
Review: Mark has a book report due on Monday and Sunday night realizes that he has lost his book. Monday morning comes and Mark stops and gets a copy of The Great Expectation, the book that he needs. When he opens up the book there are three one hundred dollar bills and a hint starting a treasure hunt throughout the book that leads to many different missions. If it wasn't for the title Another Kind of Monday I would confuse it with The Great Expectation because if I had a say this book wouldn't be checked out for six years. Just like Mark the only reason why I ended up finishing this book was for a school project. This book is very random. For example in the book one second he is in a church and the next he is laying on the floor unexplained. The one good thing that I got from this book was there was a lot of history pertaining to Pittsburg. I ended up learning quite a bit which tied in well with the lacking plot. Where I really got lost was at the climax. In the last mission they have to go to a ladys house which ends up in her face turning into his. This was very unexpected and really didn't go well with the rest of the book and went unexplained. I give this a generous two stars and is definately a book that could go unread.

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Summary: I'm surprised....
Review: Ok, There was been A LOT of bad reviews for this book. I, personally loved it. It had an interesting and little used theme, an interesting main character, and I loved the author's choice for a title. Here is the thing with the ending, it isn't a BAD ending conclusion wise, it is more a bad ending to the "quest" that the two main chracters, Zeena and Mark are suppossed to be on, the basic plot point of the book.

What happens in the last chapter, to me, is a perfectly fine ending, I liked it. The chapter before that is why this book lost a star. It is really confusing, I couldn't really make heads nor tails of it, and it was an odd way to end the mission, and leaves a lot unanswered.

However, this book deals with not only a great historical background of the great city of Pittsburgh, but with many of the racial and ethical issues in our world today.

Overall, this is a good book, and I think it is definetly worth your while. While the ending of the quest left me and obviously a lot of others very dissapointed. Yet it actually, now that I think about it, kind of leaves it up in the air, for you to imagine, to draw your own conclusion from the symbolism of this book.

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Summary: holy disappointing
Review: okay, so a book about a mysterious quest that involves clues and a possibly-all-knowing benefactor...i'm a sucker for this kind of story. i really am.

but this book just didn't do it for me. i found myself skimming (or skipping) the clues early on because there was no chance they were going to even make a little bit of sense to me. the whole quest seemed a bit too simple. these kids figured out the clues easily, it was barely a challenge. or at least it didn't feel like it was a challenge to me, the reader.

and the end: confusing as mud. and hugely disappointing.

i say: skip this one. it sounds more interesting than it really is.

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Summary: holy disappointing
Review: okay, so a book about a mysterious quest that involves clues and a possibly-all-knowing benefactor...i'm a sucker for this kind of story. i really am.

but this book just didn't do it for me. i found myself skimming (or skipping) the clues early on because there was no chance they were going to even make a little bit of sense to me. the whole quest seemed a bit too simple. these kids figured out the clues easily, it was barely a challenge. or at least it didn't feel like it was a challenge to me, the reader.

and the end: confusing as mud. and hugely disappointing.

i say: skip this one. it sounds more interesting than it really is.

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Summary: Not Exactly a Pageturner
Review: On a scale of 1-10, I would give this book a 3.5 It had potential to be a great book, but it seemed like the author was writing it for an adult to read instead of a kid. There were a lot of holes left unfilled such as who was sending them on the quest, what happened between Mark and Zeena, and what happend between Mark and his mom. I didn't like the fact that Mark completely ignored Merial after he started the quest. It made me dislike his character a lot. This book was worse that washing the car. I definitely wouldn't recommend Another Kind of Monday for someone who likes action books.

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Summary: Good story
Review: The story itself was original and intriguing. However, some of the elements of the story (i.e., transitions, descriptions, etc.) were kind of awkward. To sum up, good story, could've been written better.

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Summary: A wonderful novel with characters you become attached to
Review: This is a wonderful novel about two high school students who are on a sort of treasure hunt through literature and Pittsburgh history. The book is entrancing and readers of all ages will love the characters.