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Summary: A giant puzzle put together before the reader's eyes
Review: Holes is an extremely unique book. Most people, when reading the first few chapters, would think that a story about a boy digging holes is pointless and dull. Holes doesn't dwell on the single subject for the whole time though. It then goes through history, of Stanley Yelnats, and of Camp Green Lake, a juvenial correctional facility in which Stanley is mistakenly thrown into. One reads of how the camp really once had a lake, and Stanley's family is very much related to how the camp and its ways came to be. Soon the reader notices exactly how every detail falls into place, and how history repeats itself in a way so magnificent, it is unbelievable. Yet the book is written in such a natural style that it is in fact quite believable. After the last chapter it becomes noticeable that Holes is a giant puzzle that by reading is magically put together. Holes is a masterpiece that I think is good for anyone over the age of nine. It's about as good as the Harry Potter series and is just as appealing. It is more serious and more charming than the previous Louis Sachar books. If any book deserves the Newberry Medal, Holes does.
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Summary: Holes
Review: When I read this book I thought it would be different. I wasn't sure what to expect. However, it was one of the best books I have ever read. It's about a boy who goes to a camp because he's been bad. The people at this camp make you dig a hole (a very big and deep hole) in the scorching hot sun and then he realizes there's a secert about this camp. A big secert!
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Summary: Not your typical kid fare.
Review: This book was great, if a little disturbing at times. It incorparates two stories (one about a boy who goes to "Camp Greenlake"- a boys detention center- on a false charge, and the other about a school marm turned outlaw who lived on the same land 100 years ago) that are a perfect match for each other. They both provide insights into the other story and finally come together at the end with a big surprise. You'll be rooting for "Caveman" the entire way, even when the things he does are beyond comprehension. Once again, Sachar has produced a wonderful page turner with literary merit as well.
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Summary: 5 Wonderfully Odd Stars!
Review: I love this book! There's just something about it that is so captivating. The plot is twisted and strange. By the end of the book, I found myself wondering how any human being could come up with a story that is so brilliantly twisted. I loved the development of the characters. Zero is one weird dude, but there is something about him... something that makes you want to read between the lines. And those rattlesnake-poison-infested fingernails! YIKES! This is a neat book. Adults and teenagers will both love this book. I am 24 and my husband is 27 -- we both loved it!
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Summary: My reveiw of Holes
Review: This is one of the greatest books that I have ever read. It is SO suspenseful. The author is pure genious. The plot thickens on each page, untill it's thicker than oatmeal. I would suggest this book to anyone that is prepared to read a book that they can't put down 'till it's done.
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Summary: Why the fuss?
Review: Now, don't get me wrong. As a schoolteacher, I've loved sharing the odd tales of Louis Sachar with my students. He is one of the few children's authors that I love to read as much as the children do. His sense of humor is impeccable as well as his imagination. That is why I was thrilled to learn that "Holes" had gone on to win several top-notch prizes; the Newbury being the crown jewel.That was until I read this book. Although wildly inventive, strange, and unpredictable, I found very little to grab hold to really enjoy this story. While the story is complex and the characters steeped in history, it seems to be flawed in the only sense that I never really identified with any of them. They seemed to be too remote, too wild for me to buy into the premise. I long suspect that awards such as Oscars, Emmys, and Newburys, are given to authors for the span of their career and not always the work that is being honored. If that is the case, Louis Sachar is long deserving of this wonderful recognition. However, I wished he had won the award for one of his brilliant, off the wall "Wayside School" novels. In this case, "Holes" has too many holes for me to recommend it.
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Summary: Holes
Review: Holes is great! It's about a kid who go's to court and he has a chance to go to jail or go to Camp Lake Green. He went to Camp Lake Green. He got some friends but he didn't know what he got himself into. They ate disgusting food and he had to dig a five feet deep hole every day. What's that? He excapes from camp! You ready to read this wonderful book?
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Summary: A truly amazing masterpiece
Review: This is the best book and it is defenetly going on my top 100 book list. It is really inventive and you must use your imagination.
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Summary: An amazing book that you can't put down!
Review: This is one of the best books I have read in a while. It's weird- and I'm not usually one for weird books- but I really, really loved it. Stanley, (or Caveman, his nickname) is sent to Camp Green Lake after being accused of stealing a famous baseball players shoes. Camp green lake is a Camp where you must dig a whole every day, Five feet deep, and five feet across, in a lake that has been dried up for 110 years. You meet all of Stanley's new and interesting friends- and Zero, a boy who hardly speaks, that Stanley becomes great friends with. I'd say this is Sachar's best book yet!
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Summary: Strange but good
Review: This is a book that I think is very good but frankly is very, very strange. It is about a boy who is mistakily thought to have stolen a pair of shoes and thus is sent to a camp where he must dig a hole each day that is 6 feet wide and 6 feet long. Doesn't sound hard well heres the cscht they are in a dessert where they get almost no water. Does it still sound easy. Well if you said yes your weird. I thought it was almost brotly and uninterasting at first but it gets very, very interasting.
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