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As the youngest of three brothers Luis Fuentes knows what he wants in life: to someday work for NASA as an aerospace engineer. Which means he's got to work hard at school and stay far, far away from any kind of trouble like his two brothers got into. Luis is all set to see his dream come true when his mother decides to move back to Fairfield, Illinois which means Luis is now surrounded by memories of his past - and the Latino Blood gang. Also there to distract Luis is the prickly Nikki Cruz who, despite her Mexican heritage, wants absolutely nothing to do any guy from the south side of Fairfield - especially Luis. Oh Luis! How I was hoping to fall for your story! Instead, I came away from Chain Reaction feeling as if the book had only been half-way written. Like I had ended up with the cliff notes version. It's almost as if in the midst of all the family secrets revealed, dangerous gang fights, and tying up of loose ends that Ms. Elkeles forgot to finish developing Nikki and Luis to their fullest potential. The story simply felt too stilted and predictable to be satisfying. Which doesn't make sense at all because Simone Elkeles proved with Perfect Chemistry and Rules of Attraction that she is genius at taking a formulaic story (bad boy meets good girl, sparks fly) and making it special. Neither of her two previous novels could ever be classified as campy or contrived, but that's the vibe I got from Chain Reaction. For example (but without going into spoilery details) I have NO idea how Luis could ever think he needed to 'stick close' to the LB gang in order to 'protect' his family. Really? Doesn't he already have two prime examples in the form of his brothers Alex and Carlos on Why It's Always Smarter To Stay Away From Gangs? He's supposedly the smart Fuentes brother but all I saw was one stupid choice after another. And aside from one or two honest confessions, it seemed like the boy spouted lies continually - especially to Nikki, which frustrated me to no end. Numerous times she tries to explain to him that lies are a definite deal-breaker yet Luis continues to keep the truth from her. And in the end, it doesn't really matter to her! I suppose lust (since I never saw them develop any sort of real relationship) can make up for a lot of things. That's just one of my frustrations with Nikki and Luis as a couple. Sadness. I wanted to love this book so much more than I did. I guess I'll just have to go and comfort myself with a much needed rereading of Perfect Chemistry.

The novel Sula was a extrodinary book. The book makes the reader have self reflections on their character as a person. I am saying this because I myself made self reflections on my attitude and constantly checking my judgements on others. No one should be able to cast judgements on others because no one is perfect. The main charater,Sula, shows the readers what she went through in life with people always chastising her about her actions. By the end of the book Sula tells the readers to be true to thine own self and not just live the life that is givin to them by society like Sula's bestfriend Nel.This book will really go far in the future because it relates to alot of young women struggling with their inner selves and I am proud to say that it affected me and my class mates on what some other people go through. To me the book Sula will be a book of refernce on basic everyday modern day life forever.

Concludo la trilogia in cinque atti di Douglas. Due stelline perché? Non certo per i personaggi. Arthur Dent e Ford Prefect sono sempre spassosi e disegnati benissimo. Così come la recuperata Trillian e sua figlia Casualità. Non certo per la storia, che mai come prima presenta una sua discreta coerenza con tanto di colpo di scena finale in qualche modo scritto tra le righe. Neanche per i soliti passaggi all'AD come quello sul re, le Bestie Perfettamente Normali, i Grebulon e l'oroscopo. Ma è tutto l'impianto che è pregno di una tristezza di fondo che non è consono allo stile dello scrittore. Più che un romanzo conclusivo, sembra un requiem della saga ed un po' me ne dispiace. Forse il quarto capitolo sarebbe bastato ed avanzato alla bisogna.