Comments on: GUEST REVIEW: Deadline by Chris Crutcher

By: Margie

Margie — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 01:16:16 +0000

AWESOME review
thanks for writting it:)
i already read this book and like you i was also sucked right into the moment i finished the first 3 pages.
My mom is the one who actually got me into this book also but she hasn’t read it. bummer she should.LOL
well keep reading and writting
God Bless

By: Kelly Milner Halls

Kelly Milner Halls — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:25:29 +0000

I’d suggest you put STAYING FAT FOR SARAH BYRNES on the top of your Chris Crutcher list, too. It’s in a three-way tie with DEADLINE and WHALE TALK as my favorite of his wonderful novels. But there’s not a bad book in the bunch.

GREAT review of DEADLINE, btw. One of the best I’ve ever seen. Like you, I discovered his work when my daughter was frustrated (at 14) with all the “boring” books she had to read for English class. I thought I’d found a promising author for her, when in fact I’d found a new favorite author for myself, too. Don’t you love it when that happens?

Have a great day.

Kelly

By: Jill Shalvis

Jill Shalvis — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 20:40:47 +0000

I love that some of you have already gotten and read this book. I can’t wait to try another of his. I am trying to decide which one! Stotan or Whale Talk . . . ??

By: C.M. Daniels

C.M. Daniels — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 20:00:17 +0000

Chris Crutcher is a wonderful YA author. So far, my favorite of his is “Whale Talk”.

I’ll have to put this one on my wish list.

By: Marianne McA

Marianne McA — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 15:42:33 +0000

Just to say, now that I’ve read it – thanks for the review, it is a great book. I’m glad I bought it. (Couldn’t quite follow the football passages, not being American, but I think I got the gist.)
I’m going to suggest my daughters read it – I hope they will.

By: CEmerson

CEmerson — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 21:59:24 +0000

What a delight to see this book reviewed here! I read it a year or so ago and was really taken with the voice, and with the non-maudlin treatment of a huge heavy subject. (More than one, actually - but I won't spoil the other secrets either!) And Jill, if your daughter was engaged by the sardonic, self-deprecating male voice, she might enjoy the YA books of John Green. Looking for Alaska (again, kind of a heavy topic), An Abundance of Katherines (his best, IMO), Paper Towns.

By: S. W. Vaughn

S. W. Vaughn — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 14:48:46 +0000

Oh my. I want to read this book so badly. But again, I really don’t want to read this book. Because I can already tell that I will cry for a month after I read this book. But I have to read this book!

Crap. Guess I’m going to read this book. :-)

Thanks for the great review!

By: Marianne McA

Marianne McA — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 13:58:46 +0000

Okay, I’m buying. But after that, I’m going to stop buying books until I’ve read those I’ve already bought. I’m verging on having a TBR pile for the first time in my life, and it’s making me uneasy.

By: Tae

Tae — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 00:08:50 +0000

wow… that’s some review, definitely goes on my must read pile now

By: Heather

Heather — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:49:21 +0000

I’ve loved his stuff since I discovered it as a teenager many, many years ago. Stotan will probably always be my favorite.