Rose's review
Hoot
by Carl Hiaasen
Rose's review
Hoot by Carl Hiaasen
Rose's review
rating:
recommended for: Everyone!
Hoot is a cute modern story about a kid named Roy who moves to Florida and is treated like a new kid. Roy runs into a couple of bullies at school, but it turns out that one bully has more to her than she lets on. Meanwhile tere is some strange barefoot kid running around the neighborhood. who is he? why isn't he at school? Thats what Roy is intending to find out. this is an action novel that is very difficult to put down.
I really liked this book and thought that the author did a great job of setting a curious and funny tone for the book. I liked the main idea of the story, that you are never too small to stand up for whats right. I didn't like how they made the bullies so bad. I personally have never seen real bullies so it's hard for me to understand from the victoms view. there are a couple of flashbacks in the story that help me to understand the relationships. Roy is definitly a dymanic character because he changes his views of fighting for whats he thinks is right. I think tha...more
I really liked this book and thought that the author did a great job of setting a curious and funny tone for the book. I liked the main idea of the story, that you are never too small to stand up for whats right. I didn't like how they made the bullies so bad. I personally have never seen real bullies so it's hard for me to understand from the victoms view. there are a couple of flashbacks in the story that help me to understand the relationships. Roy is definitly a dymanic character because he changes his views of fighting for whats he thinks is right. I think tha...more
