Claws

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Summary: claws
Review: Survival is the key term in Will Weaver's newest endeavor, Claws. The book portrays a web of love and betrayal in the struggle of a teenage boy to reclaim his life. Weaver adds another award winning title to his list of popular books. Getting into the teenage mind is critical in Weaver's writing, and he shows it thoroughly in this book. Jed Berg has everything a sixteen year old boy could want. the envy of the school, Jed just landed the prettiest girlfriend, gained his father's trust to drive his '69 Camaro, and just made number one singles on the varsity tennis team. his family was the essence of what life at home should be like. Successful parents, nice home, and a loving environment. His life is, for lack of a better word, perfect. But when Jed meets a creepy punk chick named "Gertrude", his perfect life becomes an emotional struggle for survival. She has a secret that will devastate Jed's family and set off a chain of events that will lead Jed through a maze of love, loss, and the ongoing fight for hope. Claws is the emotional epic of man versus fate and the battle between determination and self surrender. Written in 2003, Claws displays many modern aspects that kids today will relate to. He uses "The Sims", the popular videogame, in his writing to show life and how one cannot always control it. jed communicates to his acquaintances via internet acces and uses internet acronyms that even Weaver does not fully explai. "It's very weird," Jed's acquaintance writes, "BTW, sorry about your girlfriend." Weaver's knowledge of contemporary trends contributes to his abilities to reach young readers on a personal level and connect with them. Claws is an emotional roller coaster. Weaver grabs on and never lets go. His upbeat and "to the point" style of writing has gained him much appraisal and recognition. The character Weaver creates in Jed is one that all people can relate and sympathize with. I give this book a "must read" label, in the sense that Weaver makes the reader get behind the hero and urge him on. It demonstrates the need for hope in the darkest hours of life, when the only important element is optimism. Claws makes the reader believe that no matter how life is, the sun will rise tomorrow.

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Summary: Claws
Review: The book Claws was the best book I have EVER read! It had the best twists and turns. Now I know how bad it can get when someone with a perfect life can all of the sudden go bad! I got so in to the book, I felt like I was in the book because the auther just took you in. At the end of the book I cried for hours and hours and wouldn't stop because I was so in love with the book. My fovorite part in this book was the ending how it crushed my heart and toor his life apart! Claws is definitly #1 on my list!

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Summary: Claws
Review: This book is about a boy named Jed and how his life is so perfect and everything is going right for him. Everything is perfect until he responds to a note from "a friend" left on his car to meet his girlfriend at a local restaurant. After he meet her, everything changed, and he found out one big secret that would change him life and then his life just starts falling apart before his own eyes.
I through it was a really excellent book to read for teenagers and even adults. It was a excellent book because I could relate to the story a great deal because I am a teenager and things like this are happening like this all the time at school and at home. Right when you start reading, you start getting into the action, and you won't want to put the book down. Claws by Will Weaver is a powerhouse of a novel. The plot twists cannot be outguessed and it ends with a heart stopping bang. Wow! This novel has movie written all over it! This book will definitely hold your interest. I highly recommend this book!

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Summary: Jed's Claws
Review: This book was excellent. It was about a guy named Jed. His life was perfect. He had a girlfrend, a killer car, a perfect family... What more could a guy ask for? But then he gets this note from someone and his life tumbles downstairs. At first he doesn't believe it but when he gets proof that his dad was having an affair, it messed up everything. He meets this person who gave him the note and he ends up falling in love with her. I was guessing about the ending all the way through the book and I STILL didn't find out the right ending. This book was really addicting and it shows you how even "perfect" people's lives can be ruined. When I first picked it up, I thought it would just be okay. When I put it down after I finished it, I thought it was brilliant.

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Summary: best book ever!
Review: this was the BEST book i have read in a long time!! it is sooo good. i laughed, and i cried my eyes out. this is definantly a GREAT book!! it is about a guy who has a perfect life..... or so he thinks. i recomend this book highly!!

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Summary: REVEIW: Claws
Review: When i first started reading this book i thought it would be about a boy that has that perfect life and nothing wrong ever happens to him, and does not pertain to real life. but i was totally wrong once i finished reading this book, and that is what i like about this book. that is pertains to real life incidences and could happen to anyone, anywhere, at any given time. I also liked that young men and women could both read this book to get a good understanding about other peoples lives. But one thing i did not like about this book was that I did not like the ending and I believe it could have ended better. But overall this was a great book and i recomend it to anyone that is looking for a story that is interesting and never dull.

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Summary: Not one to give praise where it's not deserved
Review: When I started reading this book, I wasn't all the impressed. Yet, having nothing else to do, i was determined to read the whole thing, bad or not. Anyways, it's not that all tedious to read, short and simple. Many pages in, I got hooked. It turned from sorta of a mystery, to a romance. Then, well.... for the sake of the reader....I don't reveal anything else. The book was gracfully offcentered, like life. The book is full of smiles, aches, and well.....read it.

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Summary: Excellent Story
Review: Will Weaver is an excellent story teller. Claws is wonderfully crafted with details, emotion, and heartfelt turmoil. Wonderful imagery of Northern Minnesota. I read it in three hours non-stop. The ending has an unexpected twist, which grabs the reader the same way the first three pages of Striking out does. Must Read!