Old School
By Tobias Wolff
4 of 5 Stars
This is a very different book than I am used to reading in that everything that happens could very well happen at any school. It could happen at O’Hara if the students applied themselves. But at the same time some moments were unbelievable when the author talks of the students behavior and attitude toward books and their authors. That comment will make much more sense if you read the book.
First of all this book is about a boy in a boarding school in New York who doesn’t come from the background that everyone else around him does and this colors everything he does at the school. What doesn’t change about him is his love of literature. From beginning to end he loves books and tries his best to emulate authors and in the process learns a lot about how to live his life and a lot more about human characteristics. This book also has a crazy plot change that no one I know who read it expected it to do. Nice change.
Overall it’s a good book but one I would expect to read for a school assignment, not nessessarily for pleasure.
2 comments:
interesting. similar to Catcher in the rye in a sense..
In a sense, yes. He is a rich boy in a top private school, however he is not a rebel and has no mental problems to overcome. This book took me a while to read, and I would love to have it as a school assignment, not as a joy read.
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