Books by Blake Nelson
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review 1: This book seems really corny and light hearted, which it is in some ways, but it has a lot deep meaning. It also covers some difficult topics like guilt and suicide. I would recommend this book to someone who likes detective books, and doesn't mind books with such hard, pressing ...
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review 1: Ugh, this book was just plain awful. I think maybe the author was going for a juvenile point of view on this, but it came out all wrong. For someone who's going to be 17 and who has all this life experience of hard core drugs and drinking, she acts very childish and it came off v...
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review 1: I couldn't help but think of John Updike's short story A&P while reading this. James is like a modern day Sammy. So that I liked because it's one of my favorite short stories. It also probably helps that the narrator's political beliefs sound fairly close to my own. Sometimes...
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review 1: Wow...this book blew me away. I've never messed around with drugs or alcohol, but I have experienced recovery. This book depicts it as it is. Tiresome and trying. I was super sad by the time the end of the book rolled around, but I was surprisingly okay with it because it's SO re...
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review 1: James Hoff believes that the solution to most of the worlds' problems is to simply destroy all cars. He writes this in several papers he turns in to his English class, and makes his agenda known to anyone he meets. He cuts holes in his sweaters because he thinks it makes them loo...