Reviews by Category: Fiction

Teen Review
Catch-22

Catch-22

By Joseph Heller
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Akif A.
Feb 13, 2024

Catch-22 is a book that follows a World War II bombardier called Yossarian that wants to leave the army. He isn’t able to because of a catch: the only way to leave the army is to plead insanity but if one is sane enough to plead insanity, they should be sane enough to stay in the army. He is constantly met with these contradictions and catches throughout his time in the army, as he continues to simply want to survive and be done with war.

Teen Review
Reminders of Him by Colleen Hoover

Reminders of Him

By Colleen Hoover
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Lauren
Feb 12, 2024

Kenna is the main character in Reminders of Him. She just recently is out of prison and is back in her hometown. She runs into local bar-owner Owen, and feels like she has seen him before, but can’t put a finger on where. Kenna is on a mission to reconnect with her daughter, but it is not that easy. She has to live with one bad decision for the rest of her life. The book follows her story and life after trauma, getting released from prison, and memories.

Teen Review
Out of my Mind

Out of my Mind

By Sharon M. Draper
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Anonymous
Feb 12, 2024

Summary: Out of my Mind by Sharon M. Draper follows the story of an eleven year old girl, Melody, who struggles with cerebral palsy. After not being able to express herself her whole life, she is finally given the chance to speak and show her talents. Melody is the smartest in her class, with a photographic memory. Though not everyone is ready for her. Battling with the struggles of middle school and her new way of communicating, she is forced into a whole new battle.

Teen Review
Carrie Soto Is Back

Carrie Soto Is Back

By Taylor Jenkins Reid
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Ruby B.
Feb 12, 2024

Carrie Soto is famous in the world of tennis. Or maybe infamous is the better word. Carrie has broken every record there is in the tennis world and has 23 Grand Slam titles to her name. Though six years into her retirement her record is at risk. When Nicki Chan threatens her record, Carrie decides it is once again her time. With the help of her father and fellow player Bowie Huntley, Carrie Soto is back to claim her title. 

Teen Review
Big Game by Stuart Gibbs

Big Game

By Stuart Gibbs
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Mahad Z.
Feb 12, 2024

Summary: Big Game by Stuart Gibbs follows the adventures of Teddy Fitzroy, a middle schooler with a knack for solving mysteries, as he visits a floating zoo called FunJungle. When a rare Siberian tiger cub goes missing, Teddy finds himself embroiled in a dangerous investigation. With the help of his friend Summer, daughter of the zoo's owner, Teddy navigates through a web of lies, deceit, and danger to uncover the truth behind the disappearance.

Teen Review
The Aeneid

The Aeneid

By Virgil
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
M. Aamir
Feb 12, 2024

The Aeneid is an epic poem of Rome’s founding history written during the Roman Empire’s reign. The poem follows Aeneas and his fellow Trojans as they flee Troy following its destruction from the Trojan War. Aeneas searches for a way to fulfill his destiny, to set sail to Italy and found the Roman people, as told by Jupiter, King of the Gods.

Teen Review
Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott

Five Feet Apart

By Rachael Lippincott
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Anonymous
Feb 12, 2024

Summary: In Five Feet Apart, readers are introduced to Stella Grant and Will Newman, two teenagers who are anything but ordinary, due to their battle with cystic fibrosis (CF). Stella is meticulous about her treatment regimen, aiming to keep her health stable enough for a lung transplant. Will, on the other hand, is tired of clinical trials and restrictions, eagerly awaiting his 18th birthday to reclaim some freedom from his disease.

Teen Review
To Kill a Mockingbird book cover

To Kill a Mockingbird

By Harper Lee
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Lyra J.
Feb 9, 2024

Set against the backdrop of the Great Depression and small-town Alabama Scout Finch gives us a glimpse into growing up during the 1930s. Scout lives with her dad and brother and their housekeeper Calpurnia. Scout’s dad is a lawyer who is representing an African American man who is being wrongly charged for rape. Scout also experiences fear in her neighbor because her family lives next to the supposed town crazy Boo Radley. 

Teen Review
Eight Hundred Grapes book cover

Eight Hundred Grapes

By Laura Dave
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Rishi
Feb 9, 2024

Georgia Ford, a real estate lawyer in San Francisco, discovers a secret that her fiancé kept and goes to her family home in Sonoma a week before her wedding. She expects comfort from her family in her hometown, but when she learns that they are selling the Sonoma vineyard that she grew up on, she wants nothing but to save it and her family. However, she meets Jacob, the soon-to-be owner, and learns more family secrets that could threaten to break the family apart. So, Georgia handles the problems, overcomes the obstacles, and decides on a new path for her life that she didn’t expect.

Teen Review
Othello book cover

Othello

By William Shakespeare
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Brayden P.
Feb 9, 2024

The play starts with seeing the burning anger of a man named Iago and all of his plans and schemes for the future. One of the people he wants to ruin is Othello, a great and mighty general in the city of Venice. Iago has burning jealousy throughout the book and wants to be better than Othello. Iago also plans on helping his close friend, Roderigo, and his wishes to win over Desdemona, who is Othello’s wife. Throughout the play, Iago gains the trust of and manipulates almost every character to get his way and the ultimate goal of power and to watch the demise of others.

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