Tink's Book Reviews

The Vicious Deep by Zoraida Cordova For Tristan Hart, everything changes with one crashing wave.  He was gone for three days. Sucked out to sea in a tidal wave and spit back ashore at Coney Island with no memory of what happened. Now his dreams are haunted by a terrifying silver mermaid with razor-sharp teeth.  His best friend Layla is convinced something is wrong. But how can he explain he can sense emotion like never before? How can he explain he's heir to a kingdom he never knew existed? That he's suddenly a pawn in a battle as ancient as the gods.  Something happened to him in those three days. He was claimed by the sea...and now it wants him back. Tristan Hart has everything going for him, he's a talented swimmer on the swim team, he's popular, good looking, has the best group of friends anyone could ask for and has all the girls chasing after him. So what could possibly go wrong?  Besides the fact that he drowned trying to save a child from the ocean a...

The Red House by Mark Haddon Two families. Seven days. One house. Angela and her brother Richard have spent twenty years avoiding each other. Now, after the death of their mother, they bring their families together for a holiday in a rented house on the Welsh border. Four adults and four children. Seven days of shared meals, log fires, card games and wet walks. But in the quiet and stillness of the valley, ghosts begin to rise up. The parents Richard thought he had. The parents Angela thought she had. Past and present lovers. Friends, enemies, victims,  saviors Imagine going for a weeks holiday with another half of your family that you don't get on with much and never have. Well, this is what happens with two very different families but very much related set on an adventure together, and this is there tale of what can happen. Being in close proximity, having to put up with the other side for a week and you're parents and children forcing you to get along with everyone....

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky 'I walk around the school hallways and look at the teachers and wonder why they're here.  Not in a mean way. In a curious way. It's like looking at all the students and wondering who's had their heart broken that day...or wondering who did the breaking and wondering why.' Charlie is a freshman. And while he's not the biggest geek in the school, he is by no means popular. Shy, introspective, intelligent beyond his years yet socially awkward, he is a wallflower, caught between trying to live his life and trying to run from it.  Charlie is attempting to navigate his way uncharted territory: The world of first dates and mixed tapes, family dramas and new friends; the world of sex, drugs and The Rocky Horror Picture Show, when all one requires is that perfect song on that perfect drive to feel infinite. But Charlie can't stay on the sideline forever. Standing on the fringes of life offers a unique percept...

There Is No Dog by Meg Rosoff In the beginning there was Bob. And Bob created the heavens and the earth, and the beasts of the field, and the creatures of the sea, and twenty-five million other species, including lots and lots of gorgeous girls. And all of this in six days. Six Days! Congratulations, Bob. No wonder Earth is such a mess. Imagine that God is a typical teenage boy. He is lazy, careless, self-obsessed, sex-mad - and about to meet Lucy, the most beautiful girl on earth. Unfortunately, whenever Bob falls in love, disaster follows. Let us pray that Bob does not fall in love with Lucy. Bob is you're typical teenage boy, being lazy and constantly thinking of sex. But when his mother Mona wins a poker game, that soon makes her goddess on the world, she decided she didn't want it and passed the job down towards her son, Bob. At first Bob is thrilled, and begins to create all the wonders of the world. Such as the animals, humans, the land and seas. The bui...