The Book of NonsenseDavid Michael Slater
When your father is constantly on the move, life can be a little weird. Such is the case of Daphna and Dexter Wax, a bookwork and misunderstood teen (respectively). It does not help that their mother died just after they were born and left their care to her best friend slash maid. However, when their dad comes home with a nearly destroyed book he intends to sell, things take a very weird turn for the worst.
After a visit to the new bookshop, Mr. Wax starts acting funny. At that time, Dexter and Daphna set out to solve the mystery of this strange new book. But why is the book so much trouble? Who wants the book badly enough to kill for it? And what does this all have to do with their mother's death?
The name of this book is The Book of Nonsense, and that's exactly what it is: nonsense! There were so many point of view changes that I got whiplash trying to keep up! In addition, the first half of the book made about no sense until the last three chapters of the book. Towards the end, the book does start to get interesting, but this is definitely not one of my favorites.
The Book of Nonsense or The Book of Names?: The Book of Names, no hesitation! Names had an easy to follow storyline with an interesting setting and characters. Nonsense was almost totally opposite: a confusing storyline mixed with a setting and characters you see in dozens of other books. I have got to go with the better book.
Rating: 6.5/10 - better luck next time.
- Scott
I hate it when that happens. When it's a struggle to just follow the book, much less enjoy it. I probably will not be looking really hard for this one, but Book of Names sounds really interesting. Have you reviewed it on here before?
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OMG! I'm totally shocked at this review. BON is the best book I've read this year. I can't fathom how you can say it was hard to follow?? The plot is moving from page one - and I was totally absorbed in the idea that pages with changing letters might be hiding a magic language? Where have you seen THAT before? The ending was totally amazing, too. Tell me you saw that coming? Anyway, I hear book two is supposed to be all controversial because of these God hints in book one. I can't wait 'till it comes out. Anyway, before you take this review to heart, go read the almost 30 4/5 star reviews on Amazon.
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ReplyDeleteLeigh- yes i have, it was my first review on here. An overall awsome book, definitely keep an eye out for it!
Maggie- you should probably either IM nicole or post it in the sidebar chatbox, she hardly ever looks at these comments.
Anonymous- As a matter of fact, i searched the web for reviews on BON before i started reading the book, and i relooked at them again to make sure they were the same book! just did not do it for me, and i hate to give bad reviews. i do look forward to reading book 2, however, and sincerely hope the author does a better job on this one. :)