Holes (Holes, #1) in Ultimate Popsugar Reading Challenge

Feb 12, 2019 Astrid Lim rated it really liked it

Shelves: middle-grade, children, newbery, funny-ha-ha, america, popsugar-2018

This is a very solid middle grade book - no wonder it received a Newbery. It's funny, heartbreaking, full of action, adventures and mystery. Lots of comical characters but Sachar didn't write them in too much exaggeration.

I love the relationship between Stanley and Zero. And I love how the story is intertwined with each other and makes sense at the end.

I have watched the movie and after found out that Sachar is also responsible for the script, I can understand why the movie could do justice to ...more

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Feb 28, 2015 Sarah rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, american-fiction, young-adult-fiction, children-s-fiction

I started out reading this book so I could get a better sense of what books some of my intermediate EFL students might be able to read, and mostly viewed it as a professional task. At first it was cheesy/campy and I couldn't wait to be done with it, but somewhere around halfway in, I started to get really into the story and wanted to know what happened to Stanley (and then later, Zero, too). There's good suspense and I liked the way you see the two stories tie together, with connections revealed ...more

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May 17, 2010 Jennifer rated it it was amazing

Shelves: kiddie, summerreading

I can't believe I missed this classic. It's exactly the right sort of book- smart but accessible for young readers. Not obvious, but not overdrawn. Excellent characters, even the ones who don't need full fleshing out. This is a gem. ...more

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May 14, 2015 Ana rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 2023, young-adult, 2015, 2015-may, 2023-june

I absolutely love this book. I love the character growth and the plot and all of the little details that send shivers down my back for being so perfect.

2023
No matter how many times I reread this, I still love it.

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