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Somebody Up There Hates You Book Review
Fact Box-Somebody Up There Hates You
Author: Hollis Seamon
Genre(s): Realistic Fiction, Drama
Publishers: Algonquin
Page #: 238
Recommended Reading Level: young adults
General Impressions: It was well-written, but I just don't think it's that good of a story itself and how the story developed wasn't that good either.
Summary: Prankster and outrageously funny seventeen-year-old Richard Casey has cancer and his spending his last days in depressing and boring hospice. But Richard decides to change that all around, which explodes into chaos but a fun adventure as he experiences several experiences he's never done before before he goes, tries to make hospice a more exciting and interesting environment, and tries to make his and the other hospice patients lives a little better before they all shake the hands of God. Unfortunately, this doesn't really work out, but Richard's determined to use up all the life he can while he can.
What I Liked: The book was funny, heartwarming, and offered a new perspective on life and death. The interesting, well-developed characters and the writing style (who knew an older woman could write in a hauntingly-realistic seventeen-year-old boy?) make up for the story itself and how its constructed (which I didn't like).
What I Disliked: This felt like a knockoff of The Fault in Our Stars by John Green, with Richard Casey, cancer patient, instead of Hazel Grace, cancer patient, which didn't make it very original for me. Also, this book was extremely edgy for a teenage-orientated novel, because it has strong language and lots of sexuality. I mean, I know it's told in a teenage boy's perspective, but it went a little over the top for me and it kind of broke up the story. The construction and development of the story wasn't all that great, the writing was, but not how it was formed. It got too caught up in things and made a mess that made for a rushed ending.
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