Jan 02, 2004 13:10
All right. I have had enough. Children of the Alley is the worst book I have ever read. When I have finished discussing it in class or doing what ever it is Mr Easton wants us to do with it, I am seriously going to burn this book. This book is 400-some pages long, divided into five sections, each section about a different person. You'd think, oh, well, if I don't like the first or second stories, the others will be different. WRONG! The plot in every section IS THE SAME PLOT! And you know what that plot is? Guy falls in love with girl/girl falls for guy, guy tries to help alley, is brutally murdered and buried IN THE SAME PLACE EVERY TIME!/brutally murders bunches of people. NOT an exciting plot. And the worst thing is, the only time this author is going into detail about anything is when he is describing how the clubs and rocks (which are these people's only weapons) are causing massive amounts of blood to pour from these people's faces. Oh and did I mention the constant sexist remarks? This is the kind of book guys would like, violence and male supremacy. GRRRRRRR!!!
I hate Naguib Mahfouz. Why has he written so many books and why did this one win the Nobel Prize for Literature? WHY?
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