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i guess i am the first to read and write about this book.frist thing is i love it and for someone that went in this and still came out of it is the best thing you can look at and see but the end. i just dont get at all like come on the person that did it is with him now and there friends like come on. Brittany CJ

It says "A good book has no ending". I feel exactly the same way when i finished this book. i'm touched by the braveness of Michael to move on after he went through such tragedy. Even Miranda, the person i hated at first, makes me chang my mind on her by confessing her sins. My favorite character is Phyllis, Michael's grandmother. i cant stop laughing out when i read the conversation between her and Michael. i'm absolutely impressed with those Hexagrames which are from I Ching. i love this book not only its plot, but also those critical thinking beyond this book. It encourages me to be critical, to keep my own minds which are not influenced by morden media and any so called justice system. More importantly, it shows me there is one thing that are not blocked by any ironcage. That is hope. This is a meaningful book, in the therms of teaching me to be a critical person, and showing me the improtance of reading. However, this book is lacking of dramatic plot. And some of the characters are not that rich. For instance, Lisa. She is too perfect to be a person in our real life. Before i end this book, i've been always believing that Lisa is the real "bad" pearson. But she isn't. it really gets me down... i think everyone has weakness (something like envy), sins. The whole story just describes how perfect Lisa is, ignoring the essentiality of humanbings. Though this is because of the need of plot process. it makes Lisa become the borest character in the story. And as i said, lack of dramatic designs.

Carrie H.

I found this book interesting, though I found the end somewhat random. However, I think the author sort of gets away with that by having the narrator/protagonist state that he didn't understand it himself. The whole premise is one that is both intriguing and relevent to our society with the stigma attached to arrest and trial, even if the defendant is completely exhonerated and/or vindicated at the end. I won't say anymore so that I won't ruin it for anoyone who hasn't read it yet.

Megan T.

I think the idea behind the story is interesting, but I found the actual story to be rather boring. At first, I was happy to be reading a book that covered an uncommon topic: the experience of a teen who underwent (or is the word undergone?) some pretty dramatic changes in his life. It caught my interest as the author made Michael a very rounded character by expressing his thoughts and feelings clearly. I could see from his point of view that he loved Lisa and I began to hate Miranda, but Michael's character lost its roundness as the author kept repeating these things about him. After one point, the story became like this: he loves Lisa, he loved Miranda, Lisa was wonderful, oh his grandmother is sick, Lisa, he can't get past the imprisonment, Lisa, Lisa, oh my gosh the imprisonment. I don't mean that to sound harsh and I don't mean to say that this book was downright terrible, but I felt that it was getting extremely repetitive and not moving anywhere. The book only got even remotely interesting at page 222 when Michael read the letter from Miranda. I was excited that the book was finally going to take a turn, but that didn't happen either. Instead, he somehow managed to find some pity for the girl who murdered his girlfriend and they became good friends. It wasn't the fact that the ending was unrealistic that bothered me the most. No, it was that it was quite predictable. After reading about Michael and seeing that he was beginning to take life as it was, one could somewhat see this sort of an ending between him and Miranda.

As Carrie H. said above, this book does show us hope. It truly reinforces the saying of "where there is a will, there is a way", and in that aspect, it has fulfilled its purpose. But I feel that if this story is to hook the reader, it has quite a distance to go. Not the worst book, but I wouldn't call it my favourite either.

~Anushiya Y.

This book was amazing, finished it in a day. I have on question though..........why did Micheal go back to Miranda......were they just friends in the end or were they more then that? Oh, and they talk about sex alot, but thats ok :)- KR

Okay i did like this book but it was soooooooooo repetitive.okay i actually counted how many times he mentioned lisa on each page do you know how many times i got.....too many,thats how many.okay and if he loved lisa so much why would he goive WITH HER KILLER? i was like this guy is unbelievable(michael) miranda caused him 6 months in jail ruined his life forever and killed the love of his life so he goes ahead and LIVES WITH HER!like he understood her or whatever but like she still KILLED HIS GIRLFRIEND.it was really repetative with hew lisa lisa lisa and then it was all miranda miranda miranda. i woud rate a 7/10 -Nadia

This book was okay, i wouldn't exactly call it a "good read", so I would rate it a 6/10. Throughout the book I felt really sorry for Michael, but it got to a point where it was just too repetitive, (I completely agree with Nadia). I absolutely HATED the ending! Why would Michael go and live with the girl who killed his girlfriend, the girl he LOVED!?! I did not understand that at all. Usually, I don't necessarily rate a book based on its ending, but I made an exception for this book. The ending just ruined it. I would NOT recommend this book to anyone.

- Irina

I think the only thing that this Micheal guy was talking was about the two girls, he had an affair with. and trying to solve who killed her and all.he keeps going back to the girl that got killed and his ex. it was an OK book mostly from the bad side. :|. munisa.patel

This was my ninth book. This book was not a good book at all I did not like it at all. The story goes LISA, LISA, LISA, LISA, LISA, LISA, LISA, LISA, LISA, LISA, LISA, LISA, LISA, LISA, LISA, LISA, LISA, LISA, LISA, LISA, LISA, LISA, LISA, LISA, LISA, LISA, LISA, LISA, LISA, LISA, LISA, LISA, LISA, LISA, LISA, LISA, LISA,LISA, LISA, LISA, LISA, LISA, LISA, LISA, LISA, LISA, LISA, and LISA. After that it goes MIRANDA, MIRANDA, MIRANDA, MIRANDA, MIRANDA, MIRANDA, MIRANDA, MIRANDA, MIRANDA, MIRANDA, MIRANDA, MIRANDA, MIRANDA, MIRANDA, MIRANDA, MIRANDA, MIRANDA, MIRANDA, MIRANDA,MIRANDA, MIRANDA, MIRANDA, MIRANDA, MIRANDA, MIRANDA, MIRANDA, MIRANDA, MIRANDA, MIRANDA, MIRANDA, MIRANDA, MIRANDA, MIRANDA, MIRANDA, MIRANDA, MIRANDA, MIRANDA, MIRANDA, MIRANDA, MIRANDA, MIRANDA, MIRANDA, and MIRANDA. That is how much repetetive it is.I agree with Nadia and Irina. If I had to vote now I would vote for either, Mostly Happy, Cracked Up To Be, Sister Wife, The Uninvited, Getting The Girl, Wondrous Strange. I would not vote for The Landing, Half World, and this one The Book Of Michael.If I had to rate it I would rate it 4/10. -Waled Hassanzay P.S. I f you find my LISA, LISA,......., and Lisa. and MIRANDA, MIRANDA, ...................., and MIRANDA annoying then imagine how much torture it would be to read that for like what 200 something pages.

I think this book was okay. It wasn't that good or that bad. The events that happened to Michael was tragic though, I can't imagine what life would be like being him. But I was surprised at his decision in the end to live with Miranda despite how much he should despise her for ruining his life. - Fei T.

I liked this book. It was a really quick and easy read. This book was full of hope and inisight about life. Michael's story proves that we can make it through anything in life. Michael really stepped out of his comfort zone and took many risks in orther to find something worth living for. Also, i liked that this book made references to a lot of great literature. He named so many wonderful books by authours such as Tolstoy and Anton Checov. - Kitty Huang

I couldn't put this book down, and finished it in about a day. Michael was a strong character, and left the past in the past. he commented about his time in jail as if he was talking about someone else! I was sad when his grandmother died though, she was such a big part of his life! Above all, BOOKS saved him! One thing though, why would you go and live with the ex who killed the girlfreiend you still are in love with and never got over?! -Christina