Books by Andrew Smith
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review 1: The story was mostly okay, though it didn't really pick up till the last third or so. I wish I'd known exactly when this was taking place, because it definitely isn't current, but it's never specified. I also wish the weird spacing hadn't been there; though I get that it's making...
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review 1: I've literally never,in my 18 years of life, read the word "balls" so many times as I have reading this book...but all the blushing was worth it! This book was absolutely amazing in every sense of the word! I feel like if I say too much about the plot though it will ruin the magi...
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review 1: This book is exactly what it says it is about. A teenager struggling with his sexuality, and he also has to fight giant praying mantises from taking over the world. Once I got used to the narrative style, it was a good read. That being said, I will probably never read this book a...
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review 1: I adored this book! Andrew Smith has surprised me yet again, because I wasn't quite sure that I was going to be a fan, but like with Grasshopper Jungle, I couldn't stop! I might be an Andrew Smith junkie. Smith's writing and characters are incredibly smart, real, and witty. I ...
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review 1: What a pleasant surprise. I had trouble getting into it at first, but I picked it up again last week and couldn't put it down. A coming of age tale with very serious themes, this thing was nicely written. In fact, it was more designed than written, and I like that a lot. I really...
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review 1: In this book Ghost Medicine a boy discovers the true secrets of life. After his brother's death and his mother's death he is forced to grow up with out any quetions asked. He faces day to day problems with ease, well that's what it seems like, until something life changing happen...
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review 1: This book probably really deserves a four star rating, but it is NOT a book for everyone. Most of the violence is not that graphic, but the scenes are, if that makes any sense. Still, it is a compulsive, compelling read, much like the lens itself. It could be read as an allego...
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review 1: I worry about author Andrew Smith. Something very dark and scary must have happened to him in his life because the books of his that I've read so far contain very dark themes. I was morbidly fascinated with The Marbury Lens and Passenger - I couldn't stop reading them despite the...
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review 1: Like Grasshopper Jungle, I was drawn in by genre-bending premise of Marbury Lens, but ended up feeling really frustrated and disappointed with the execution. The weird mix of ingredients - this book is part psychological thriller, part ghost story, part parallel universe fantasy ...
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review 1: All I can say is WOW! It's amazing how Smith can take stories that at first seem unrelatable and by the end of the book make everything connect with one another, it's like connecting a puzzle inside your head while you're reading! It was very different and very good, something yo...