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Lucas
by
Kevin Brooks
Lucas, the dramatic story of a young woman's encounter with the ugly side of humanity and her struggle to defeat it. British novelist Kevin Brooks's masterpiece is set on the island community of Hale over one summer, as 15-year-old Caitlin McCann realizes her small world is changing. Her brother is acting strangely, hanging out with the neighborhood reprobates and gettin...more
Paperback, 359 pages
Published
March 1st 2004
by Scholastic Inc.
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Aly (Fantasy4eva)
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Where has this book been all my life? I am still just in complete awe of this book, but more-so "Lucas" himself. I don't know if you have read Stargirl but if I were to describe Lucas, the first comparison that comes to mind is Stargirl. Simply because they share such similar traits in my opinion. Both are very mysterious and have an "Out of this world" presence. The way I felt when I finished Stargirl was the exact way I felt the moment, I finished Lucas. Speechless and fill...more
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'Lucas' is the story of a very different boy who wanders into a small sea town. He also manages to captivate young Caitlin McCann's heart without doing anything.
I loved this book, it was riveting, addicting and unrealistic but so good! Lucas was such a mysterious character that I had to rush through the book to see what he does next! He's sexy, suave and mature without coming off as a typical James Bond like character. Cait is a 15 year old girl, struggling with being a woman in an ...more
I loved this book, it was riveting, addicting and unrealistic but so good! Lucas was such a mysterious character that I had to rush through the book to see what he does next! He's sexy, suave and mature without coming off as a typical James Bond like character. Cait is a 15 year old girl, struggling with being a woman in an ...more
I absoloutly loved this book.
The relationship just kept on growing between Caitlin and Lucas. She always knew how to find him and she never felt felt akward with the silence that they head.
But Jamie Tait, Well he was one s-i-c-k person. he probably always had the hots for her (although the alway he could get her was by force. He made Lucas look like a pevert and some kinda attempted killer(he wasn't).
After what happened to Angel, the towns people murderously chased him down to ...more
The relationship just kept on growing between Caitlin and Lucas. She always knew how to find him and she never felt felt akward with the silence that they head.
But Jamie Tait, Well he was one s-i-c-k person. he probably always had the hots for her (although the alway he could get her was by force. He made Lucas look like a pevert and some kinda attempted killer(he wasn't).
After what happened to Angel, the towns people murderously chased him down to ...more
I love this book it's raw emotional and so vivid that it makes me cry almost evety time I read it. It's just THAT awesome.I absolutely love it and for 5 years straight it has been my favorite, many novels come and go but Lucas always remains on my shelf in a place of honor.Many times in life people feel like the loneliness in a crowded room and Kevin Brooks shows the stark reality of those feelings, the abject loneliness of someone who doesn't quite fit, like the dented piece of a jigsaw puzzle...more
Lucas reminds me of Travolta's film Michael. Here we have the mysterious stranger who comes to a regular type of community. He seems to have no past and no future, and lives only in the present. He is fearless, lives off the land and has a presence that encourages peace and acceptance to the people who accept him the way he is. He also seems to be able to read people he has observed, but never met. It is like he can see into their souls, their inner emotions and basic nature. But he also has a d...more
This is the worst book review thing ever! I don’t have the book with me and I can’t remember all of the names of people and other things.
You know the saying, “Don’t judge a book by its cover” well I did. I just looked at the cover and thought, “wow this book looks so old. And the guy looks creepy. He looks like a stalker.” But my Liberian recommended it to me, so I thought that I would try it out.
Then it was lying next to my bed, for like 3 weeks. I finally ran out of book...more
You know the saying, “Don’t judge a book by its cover” well I did. I just looked at the cover and thought, “wow this book looks so old. And the guy looks creepy. He looks like a stalker.” But my Liberian recommended it to me, so I thought that I would try it out.
Then it was lying next to my bed, for like 3 weeks. I finally ran out of book...more
I just read the one book written by Brit Young Adult author Kevin Brooks (no relation) that I hadn't gotten to earlier. I love his work. It is edgy, raw and completely true. He writes about teens in difficult situations dealing with issues that we are all struggling about - drugs, murder, sexual identity and others. Lucas is the title of the book. It is about a young man who appears on an island off the coast of England. He might be a Gypsy and he might be magic. He is immediately dislike...more
Since I would describe myself as an avid reader it is not very often that a book does not have some emotional impact on me. This book however, a teenage romance novel published by chicken house, had one of the most profound. It would be easy to judge this novel by the genre and age group it is clearly marketed towards but it is in fact an intelligent, meaningful and thought provoking piece of writing. When I finished I was literally crying bucketfuls of tears and had to use my inhaler several ti...more
(Just a heads up, there’s going to be quite a bit of snark in this one, almost all of it directed at the YA paranormal romance genre.)
Stop me if this seems familiar:
Fifteen-year old Cait McCann is a quiet, plain (in her opinion) teenage girl who isn’t entirely sure what she wants to do with her life. One Summer she meets Lucas, a mysterious and potentially supernatural wanderer who she feels drawn to on sight despite frequent warnings from others that he may be dangerous....more
Stop me if this seems familiar:
Fifteen-year old Cait McCann is a quiet, plain (in her opinion) teenage girl who isn’t entirely sure what she wants to do with her life. One Summer she meets Lucas, a mysterious and potentially supernatural wanderer who she feels drawn to on sight despite frequent warnings from others that he may be dangerous....more
When fifteen year old Caitlin befriends a homeless boy one summer, she makes a decision to be a part of his life in spite of what the neighbors think, an unpopular choice for a motherless girl with an alcoholic father and an older brother turning out just like his dad. Lucas's appeal goes deeper than his mysterious past and enigmatic appearance; the two share a quiet appreciation for nature as well as the loss of their mothers and an appreciation for art. One evening, Lucas saves Cait from the i...more
I read this book in the summer of 'O8, and though it took a couple of chapters for me to really be grasped by this book, I ended up quite fond of it.
It was an odd sort of love/friendship story, between Cait and Lucas. I don't think Keving Brooks aimed for it to be a love story, but Cait obviously cared very much for Lucas. (Poor Simon :[ ) I can't say I've ever met a stranger and ultimately become one of the few people on an island that liked him, but I think I can kind of symp...more
It was an odd sort of love/friendship story, between Cait and Lucas. I don't think Keving Brooks aimed for it to be a love story, but Cait obviously cared very much for Lucas. (Poor Simon :[ ) I can't say I've ever met a stranger and ultimately become one of the few people on an island that liked him, but I think I can kind of symp...more
H.I. Al-Muhairi
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Shelves:
realistic-fiction,
supernatural,
ya,
teenfic,
2010,
crime-mystery,
favorites,
psycological,
death-and-pain
When I started reading this, I had a fair idea of what was going to happen eventually. Not the how, but the what--if that even makes sense.
Cait said she'd cry herself a story, said it was better than to let sadness die inside her. And she did. She wrote the events of 2 weeks, with complete honesty. It made me think: was that all it takes to write a good story? Tell the truth and be honest?
Brooks writes in a very smooth and casual yet not so usual way. He's pretty convinci...more
Cait said she'd cry herself a story, said it was better than to let sadness die inside her. And she did. She wrote the events of 2 weeks, with complete honesty. It made me think: was that all it takes to write a good story? Tell the truth and be honest?
Brooks writes in a very smooth and casual yet not so usual way. He's pretty convinci...more
I was totally engrossed in this YA Fiction novel about a free-spirited boy who suddenly "appears" on a remote island off of Great Britain. Islanders don't take kindly to strangers, so Lucas' landing on the island causes a great commotion. Cait McCann first spots Lucas walking alongside the road, carrying his belongings in a green canvas bag. Cait is riding in the car with her father and her brother, Dom, whom they have just picked up at the airport. When their car passes Lucas, Cait's ...more
I thoroughly enjoyed this book so much I didn't want it to end. I can't get it out of my head and that's how I judge if it was good or not. Kevin Brooks did a great job writing in a teen girls voice. He hit the fears and emotions that many teen girls know and live through.
Right off I loved the two main characters, Caitlin and Lucas. They were solid and complete. For me they were real and believeable. (Plus I have a fondness toward gypsies,(Lucas)and I'm always thrilled when th...more
Right off I loved the two main characters, Caitlin and Lucas. They were solid and complete. For me they were real and believeable. (Plus I have a fondness toward gypsies,(Lucas)and I'm always thrilled when th...more
When I finished this book, I was mad and swearing and didn't like it. I hate books with sad endings, especially wehn the author puts in lots of ambiguous stuff that's artsy and doesn't seem necessary to the story and seems like it is pointing strongly to an underlying meaning that just isn't easy to figure out. So why the four star rating, you ask?
Because once I finished it, I couldn't stop thinking about it. It nagged my subconscious, begging me to analyze it, even though I prefer b...more
Because once I finished it, I couldn't stop thinking about it. It nagged my subconscious, begging me to analyze it, even though I prefer b...more
Lucas, by Kevin Brooks, will always be the best piece of literature I have ever read. Lucas is about a girl who shares a deep connection with a wanderer. Even though her whole town is turned against him, she opens her heart and lets him in. Lucas never created any reason for the town to turn against him. He is simply different. He teaches Caity how to see past the cruelties of life. However, in the end, Caity must learn to let go. Lucas is forced to take his own life to escape the harsh judgment...more
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I like Kevin Brooks, however I think this book was a disappointment. I was expecting something more exiting and thrilling than this, especially after Candy. Actually I found this book rather boring. The characters are not defined and specific, thru out the whole book you keep forgetting who is who.
The main character Lucas is intriguing but nothing passed that. Caitlin is an average girl, without any spark. Something I am not used to, especially that those characters are fictional an...more
The main character Lucas is intriguing but nothing passed that. Caitlin is an average girl, without any spark. Something I am not used to, especially that those characters are fictional an...more
This book is about a guy who goes and lives in an island where everyone gossips about everyone. Lucas is different from them. He doesnt gossip or hang out with them, insted he just stays in his own. most of the people find him dangerous and creepy because of his lifestyle, except for one girl who knows him for who he really is. He's very kind and caring, adn has a very good heart, but the islanders chose not to look at the other side of him. He was accused of trying to drown a girl, when in the ...more
This is quite simply my favourite book, and one of the best i have ever read. I fear this may be because of my tendency to enjoy the odd mysterious teenage romance but kevin Brooks really put something in the water with this one. I truly and honestly felt so close to Lucas as a character and a person, he had a real effect on me. And I shan't exhaust the book with my damaging opinion but i cried like an abandoned child at the end. Brooks' writing is so fantastical that the kind of emotion i felt...more
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Morgan F
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Shelves:
young-adult,
own,
2000s,
its-a-girl,
summer,
read-2010,
lets-reminisce,
medium-sized,
mystery,
realistic,
romance,
tragedy,
contemporary
From the moment Caitlin first sees Lucas, she knows everything is going to change. Caitlin is 15 years own and lives on a small island town in England. Her widowed father is a writer and a bit of a drunk, her older brother is turning into someone she doesn't recognize, and even her best friend is pressuring her to grow up. But Cailtin is still trying to figure out who she is, made all the more confusing with the appearance of Lucas. Lucas is homeless, a mysterious "gypsy", that has...more
Lucas by Kevin Brooks focuses on the life of Caitlin, a young girl who has a normal life until she meets Lucas. Lucas is an outsider and doesn't socialize with many people in her town. Many people from her community think that Lucas is weird and want him to leave their town. Eventually, a selfish teenager named Jamie frames Lucas for assaulting another girl. In the end Lucas has to pay the price for someone elses mistakes and dies. I really enjoyed this book because it shows how people should no...more
My daughter reccomended this book to me, and I'm so glad she did. When she was reading it we often had the following discussion:
Me: It's time to come to dinner.
Her: *eyes devouring the page* Uh-huh
Me: Really. You need to stop reading and eat.
Her: Uh-huh.
Me: Now!
Her: *reluctantly puts the book down*
I'm more sympathetic now. Kevin Brooks does such a good job of sucking you in and keeping the tension high throughout the whole of this book that p...more
Me: It's time to come to dinner.
Her: *eyes devouring the page* Uh-huh
Me: Really. You need to stop reading and eat.
Her: Uh-huh.
Me: Now!
Her: *reluctantly puts the book down*
I'm more sympathetic now. Kevin Brooks does such a good job of sucking you in and keeping the tension high throughout the whole of this book that p...more
After reading Kevin Brooks’ newest book, Naked, I was dying to read more from him. Just before I moved back to university, my sister came home and asked me to help her start boxing up her books. When it came to her YA shelves, I immediately grabbed all of the Kevin Brooks books before she could take them away with her. Yes, I stole books from my sister. I didn’t even know she had these but now, I’ve ran away to uni with the lot! Lucas was the first of these that I picked up and it was a pretty r...more
What I love the most about this book (other than the fact that it's set in England) is that in practically every chapter, there are a couple of short paragraphs that contain deep, insightful thoughts about society. You don't know where or when it's going to be said, which makes it refreshing and brilliant. And these thoughts are thoughts that I myself have thought about people I interact with or pass by almost every day, only much clearer and perfectly understandable. There is one passage toward...more
Lucas was the first novel that I read by Kevin Brooks ,and it is beautifully written .The language of the novel was simple ,yet it perfectly describes how the world would be seen from a fifteen year old's eyes .
The character of Lucas is one that is hard to forget .Even though he barely speaks ,his personality exists through silences ,which is what makes him so beautiful to Caitlin and so realistic to readers .Most people have met someone a little quirky ,on the outside ,even if they ...more
The character of Lucas is one that is hard to forget .Even though he barely speaks ,his personality exists through silences ,which is what makes him so beautiful to Caitlin and so realistic to readers .Most people have met someone a little quirky ,on the outside ,even if they ...more
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I've had a copy of Lucas by Kevin Brooks unread on my shelves for ages now. I've read a few other books by Kevin Brooks and I'm quickly becoming a huge fan of his! If I'm honest, I had no idea what the story was about before I picked it up. Kevin Brooks is a name that I trust and will most likely read his entire backlist. But I was a little nervous about reading Lucas as so many people rave about it. And for good reason, I th...more
I've had a copy of Lucas by Kevin Brooks unread on my shelves for ages now. I've read a few other books by Kevin Brooks and I'm quickly becoming a huge fan of his! If I'm honest, I had no idea what the story was about before I picked it up. Kevin Brooks is a name that I trust and will most likely read his entire backlist. But I was a little nervous about reading Lucas as so many people rave about it. And for good reason, I th...more
Amazing book. Uh-may-zing. From the second I picked it up, I wanted to just keep reading and reading. It was one of those books that everyone read a few years ago that I hadn't read, so I figured I'd check it out. I expected something light, you know, a sort of "transition" read. But this is a very dark and haunting story, the kind that I won't be forgetting for a while––maybe not ever. Kevin Brooks does a fantastic job with unfolding the plot and making the reader wonder about abstrac...more
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Kevin Brooks was born in 1959 and grew up in Exeter, Devon, England. He studied Psychology and Philosophy at Birmingham, Aston University in 1980 and Cultural Studies in London in 1983. Kevin Brooks has been in a variety of jobs including: musician, gasoline station attendant, crematorium handyman, civil service clerk, hot dog vendor at the London Zoo, post office clerk, and railway ticket office ...more
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