When Robert finds a meteorite in Nose Hill Park near his home, a strange chain of events begins. In the same week, a meteorite features in the storylines of all three superheroes. Then his brother Patrick writes to him from Italy about a shooting star he has seen! Robert becomes convinced a magical link exists; his comic book heroes are giving him messages about his brothers’ far away fortunes…and misfortunes. Can Robert and his heroes really protect all three brothers and bring them home? What would happen if reality came crashing into his world, like a meteorite falling from space? Who will help then?
Liam 7B
ReplyDeleteI would give this book a 5/10. It was mediocre. The book tried to convey grief, but you just couldn't feel it over the absurdity of Robert's belief that his comic book characters were protecting his brothers. Robert was also not a compelling character. The characters I liked were Mr. Glowinsky, Robert's sweet polish neighbor, and Charlene, the daughter of drunks and a family with lots of problems. The thing that really irked me at the end was that, if the magic didn't exist, how was there so many coincidences? You can't have all the evidence pointing towards one conclusion (like when Roberts brother is shot down) and then say that it was actually a series of practically impossible coincidences. All in all, This book was alright.
Lucas 7A
ReplyDeleteThis book had a lot of neat things in it and I found that there weren’t too many flaws. First of all, I liked that the author tried to be accurate to the history of World War II, and for the most part it was. I also liked some of the characters but not all of them. Robert was okay but I couldn’t really feel his emotions throughout the story except for when his brother Patrick dies. Although Robert was really the main character, I thought that Charlene or even Mr. Glowinsky showed more emotion. The author really went more in depth describing Charlene than Robert because at first they portray her as Crazy Charlie but later on, after delivering the horrible telegrams, the author shows what Charlene was like on the inside. As far as the “magic comic books” I thought the idea was kind of clever, but the author just abruptly ended the whole thing when Robert realizes the connection between the comic book heroes and his brothers is just his wishful thinking. I guess I can kind of understand why the author would do that, but really, the book is called The Comic Book War. I would rate this book a 9/10 because it really was enjoyable to read and the idea was very interesting.