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Jasper Jones
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Stand alone fiction published 2009
An outstanding 5 stars
Most of us get some worthy talents that get us through life and then there’s the chosen few who get way more than their fair share. Craig Silvey falls, well and truly, into the later category.
This is quite simply story telling at its gobsmacking finest.
This is the telling of Charlie Buckton’s young life, a journey with all the highs and lows that can be fitted into one so young.
Corrigan, a place to call home. Loved by some and hated by others. A small country town in rural Australia where community still matters but it’s by no means perfect. Where you find people you’ll find trouble in all its many facets.
Charlie, a bookish, well behaved 13 year old gets a knock on his bedroom window one night. The one doing the knocking is Jasper Jones, a young local ne’er do well. Charlie who has hardly said a word to Jasper ever is taken aback when Jasper asks Charlie to come with him. With some reservation Charlie decides to go with Jasper and what happens next will change Charlie’s and Jasper’s life for ever. Charlie is about to see his first dead body.
I wont give away anymore of the plot but suffice to say that what Craig Silvey does with this plot had me captured. He take the boring, mundane life of Corrigan and drops a dead body into the mix and that’s just the start of the revelations that are about to unfold.
I just can’t overstate how brilliant this book is.
An outstanding 5 stars
Most of us get some worthy talents that get us through life and then there’s the chosen few who get way more than their fair share. Craig Silvey falls, well and truly, into the later category.
This is quite simply story telling at its gobsmacking finest.
This is the telling of Charlie Buckton’s young life, a journey with all the highs and lows that can be fitted into one so young.
Corrigan, a place to call home. Loved by some and hated by others. A small country town in rural Australia where community still matters but it’s by no means perfect. Where you find people you’ll find trouble in all its many facets.
Charlie, a bookish, well behaved 13 year old gets a knock on his bedroom window one night. The one doing the knocking is Jasper Jones, a young local ne’er do well. Charlie who has hardly said a word to Jasper ever is taken aback when Jasper asks Charlie to come with him. With some reservation Charlie decides to go with Jasper and what happens next will change Charlie’s and Jasper’s life for ever. Charlie is about to see his first dead body.
I wont give away anymore of the plot but suffice to say that what Craig Silvey does with this plot had me captured. He take the boring, mundane life of Corrigan and drops a dead body into the mix and that’s just the start of the revelations that are about to unfold.
I just can’t overstate how brilliant this book is.
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April 24, 2021
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July 28, 2021
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August 3, 2021
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August 3, 2021
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August 3, 2021
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Jun 17, 2021 09:12AM
You should read this,,,, I think you would really like it.
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Great review Rob. I also loved it! Craig Silvey hasn't written much, but what he has written has been brilliant! I was astounded by how remarkable Honeybee was!
Robyn wrote: "You should read this,,,, I think you would really like it."It's a bit scary how well you know me Robyn!!!
Brenda wrote: "Great review Rob. I also loved it! Craig Silvey hasn't written much, but what he has written has been brilliant! I was astounded by how remarkable Honeybee was!"Thanks Brenda and I agree Honeybee was something else again.
Terrific review, Rob! I love how enthusiastic you are about a favourite book of mine. I recently saw the film again, and I was pleased with how true they were to the spirit of the story.
