Phil, then the messed up disappearance mentioned above which also includes suspicious family behaviour and a crazy father who come up time and time again but are never explored. We have talk of cheating and relationships reminiscent of Dr. While it starts with the potential to become an engaging mystery, this tapers off into an all over the place plot that doesn't appear to have any sort of logical flow at all. This is definitely not helped when we have spastic POV changes that make you feel discombobulated. Actually, it's not even bland, it's more like gibberish. Then we have a girl who disappears-which at first I thought would be an exciting part of the plot, but instead she comes back, then disappears again, sends sinister texts, and then her part of the story gets brushed off as if no effort wanted to be spent on her anymore.īland characters: meet an even blander plot. In addition to these characters we've got a teacher who's way too buddy buddy with the teenagers to the point that felt odd to me. And if some do, I don't want them in my books! I personally don't know of anyone who would talk like this. Then add in a lot of Fuck, whassup, ain't, y'all, and I remember even a couple instances of "momma". Similarly, all the boys call their girlfriend "honey" (or "your honey" when talking to others).
"What's going on, baby? You look shot at and missed, and shit at and hit." For instance, the dialogue is full of teenage slang and swear words to make them sound genuine but instead it comes off as stereotypical and fake. As a strong character oriented novel, it's a big disappointment when all the character voices sound forced as well. It is as unexciting as it sounds, to be honest. During these meetings they talk about their problems and get advice about relationships.
What is Period 8? An almost retired teacher opens his classroom to anyone who wants to come for a student discussion meeting-like lunch hour. The whole book felt like an after-school-special-slash-Sunday-school-summon about love, telling the truth, and teenage hormones. The "ethics of love" part is correct, though. Sounds pretty good for any gritty contemporary fan, no? Except this "bully" is just a very weird guy with an obvious hidden agenda. The blurb on the back of the book even says "A new novel about an ultimate bully and the ethics of love". What attracted me to this book initially was the mention of a bully.
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