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Loving Richard Feynman (2009)

by Penny Tangey(Favorite Author)

3.44 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0702237256 (ISBN13: 9780702237256)

languge

English

genre

Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction

publisher

University of Queensland Press

review 1: hmmm half way through this book and I was unsure about it I've now finished it and I'm still confused. For some parts of the book I loved the honesty but others I didn't. There were a lot of parts in the book that felt I had to remind myself that Catherine was in year ten. The way she went about some things was very naive and childish. I have to say that while I didn't really like a lot about it this book was very refreshing and honest. The idea for the book was fantastic and I loved the letter format, normally I can't stand reading a book (much less one I don't really like)when it is written in letters but this was written very well. I can see why this book would appeal to so many but I can't say it was one of my most enjoyable reads. So to finish it was a 3/5, I could g... moreet through it but my heart wasn't really in it.
review 2: Catherine is a 15 year old, who loves science and maths. Her pin up is Richard Feynman, one of the scientists working on the development of the atom bomb. She begins writing to Richard in her diary, so she can tell someone about the problems in her life, which include her lack of friends, low self-esteem, problems with working with some of the members of her maths team and her parents' disintegrating marriage. Over the course of the novel, she has to come to terms with the changes in her family life and the shifting alliances at her school. Nicely written teen novel. less

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