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Storm Peak (2000)

by John A. Flanagan(Favorite Author)

3.09 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1863256369 (ISBN13: 9781863256360)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

series

Jesse Parker Mystery

review 1: It is hard to fight a passion. Trying to stop doing something you love to do is one of the hardest things one could do. No matter if you have had wonderful times doing it to terrible memories from it, you still love following your passion. Jesse Parker, the main character in Storm Peak, by John Flanagan, shows that one will always go back to their passion no matter how hard they try not to follow it anymore. Jesse shows this by moving away from where his terrible memories are from and by being asked to help out with an investigation.In the beginning of the book, it tells why Jesse moved to Colorado to forget his past of being a detective. “I wanted to escape that old city. I don’t want to relive the past” (5). His past experiences of being a detective made him want t... moreo move on. But, he doesn’t do a very good job of trying to forget about it. After the tragic event that made him want to move back home to forget his past, he gets a job working as a member of a local ski patrol team, trying to lay low for a while. Sounds somewhat familiar, doesn’t it? Going from detective to ski patrol isn’t too big of a jump. Especially if he is trying to forget about his past. By becoming of a ski patrol group in his hometown, shows that he cannot simply escape his passion and discretely still wants to be a detective.Not only that he has a new job similar to his old one, he also gets asked by the local sheriff, Lee Torrens, to help out with the new tragedy that has happened. Since Jesse was “reluctantly dragged” (87) into this case, he was almost thrilled to be back doing detective work. Even though Jesse wanted to get away from his past, he cannot help himself doing what he loves to do. As much as Jesse didn’t want to get roped back into all the detective work, he couldn’t fight it. He loved it so much that he was willing to have the chance of re-living the event he was trying to escape from. When someone has a passion, they go for it no matter what. Even if something terrible has happened, people will still follow it. In Storm Peak, it gives the wonderful example of Jesse Parker and what he went through. Going from detective to patrol back to detective, Jesse never wanted to leave the detective field, he just needed a break from his work. But his break from work just led him back to his detective work, which he is fine with it. He loves detective work so much that he didn’t hesitate to get back into it. His passion is detective work. He would do anything to get back into it. He followed his passion and went back to it. Jesse’s experiences shows that one should always follow your passion and never fight it. This book is split up into a lot of small, four to ten page chapters, which didn’t provide enough information at times. Most of the time, these chapters were very descriptive and gave the reader enough information to not have any questions of why something happened. But there were just a few parts where I was confused and had trouble figuring out what happened, such as chapter fifty-two. I was completely lost at the end of the chapter where it turned from serious to explicit within seconds. I would have been alright with the author leaving that explicit part out of the book. It made me feel a bit uncomfortable when I was reading. When I read that part, I looked back at the cover of the book to make sure I wasn’t reading an erotic novel of sorts. Besides that little part, the book was very well written, gave excellent details and gave the reader enough clues so the reader would want to continue reading. Overall, I enjoyed reading this book. It showed how once someone finds something they love to do, they can’t stop doing it, through an interesting mystery storyline. The author kept me reeled in with the characters and how they developed through the story. This story actually helped me somewhat into trying to find my passion. I still have a lot to figure out, but this book did give me a good start on what my passion is. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to read a very intriguing, suspenseful mystery and a moving story.
review 2: Love the Ranger's Apprentice series, but this book lacked the creative genius that Flanagan presents in his YA books. The mystery was basically devoid of suspense, surprise, and even good writing (all things I was very surprised by). The protagonist, Jesse, was boring and kind of a jerk, in my opinion. The only reason I kept reading was because I liked the setting- having spent my whole life in small Colorado ski towns, the fact that this mystery was set in Steamboat Springs caught my attention. Flanagan's Rangers Apprentice series come with my highest recommendation, but this book, sadly, really isn't worth the time. less

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