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A review of "Across Five Apirls"

A book that is quite bad is Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt. The book involves the trials and stipulations of a boy who comes of age in the years of the civil war.

The main problem with the book is its extreme brevity. The total number of pages is under 140, and when you account for that the plot is spread out over 5 years, you realize you will never gain interest into the story. The book enthralls the reader just as much at the climax as it does at the beginning; not at all. When reading this, images of an old man recanting his boyhood will come to light.

The plot of this book is this books main downfall. It in both thin and un-engulfing. There are no scenes that action happens in. The element of suspense could be ...

Posted by: Joel Chibota

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