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La Voce Smarrita Dal Cielo (2012)

by David Halperin(Favorite Author)
2.79 of 5 Votes: 2
ISBN
8862561601 (ISBN13: 9788862561600)
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English
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Salani
review 1: I really don't like 'dissing' the work of fellow novelist, but... I thought from the blurb that this would be quite good. I was wrong. Badly. Not a great story. Unconvincing characters, and badly written in terms of some scene changes. I just wasn't engaged as a reader; nor was I carried away in my imagination. Lucky not to get a single star. I've a big library at home. I only give books to charity very rarely. This one was out of the house in record time. Sorry.
review 2: First, I would like to say how much I like this cover. It really compliments the novel; I could imagine Danny doodling it one evening.Journal of a UFO Investigator is Mr. Halperin's debut novel and it is an extraordinary story. Danny Shapiro is a teenager who has a terminally ill mother and a
... more hostile father. Understandable because a) mom's terminally ill, and b) his son spends his time in his fantasy world of being a UFO investigator.Danny and his bff just had a falling out because they liked the same girl, he's in that awkward stage of life, he can't sleep because his mom's labored breathing at night funnels through the thin walls, and his dad isn't exactly approachable.Danny uses his imagination and journals about being an elite UFO Investigator with a hot babe, a great friend by his side, and is chosen by an alien race. A coping mechanism? Sure, but Halperin spins such a wonderful story, you will be impressed with Danny's cleverness, and heartbroken for him with the relations or lack of with his parents. He's just trying to grow up and live through a tough situation the only way he knows how. Part coming of age story and part fantasy, Journal of a UFO Investigator is an engaging read with a likable hero and a realistic situation, although, his imagination is out of this world. less
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alexisjade98
I can not even describe this. Not at all what I had expected, or hoped for. Ick, ick, ick.
emilyrichnerds
I just won as a goodreads giveaway! waiting to read it. Thanks.
makaylat37
Worth re-reading.
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