Flight: A Novel by Sherman Alexie
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Book Summary Author: Sherman Alexie Edition: Paperback Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published) Published: 2007-04-17 ISBN: 0802170374 Number of pages: 208 Publisher: Grove Press, Black Cat Product features:
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Book Reviews of the Flight: A Novel
Customer Review: Just stay away from this book.
Summary: 1 Stars
This is just another one of many horrible books chosen to be read in schools now. It angers me that with all of the classic novels out there that in my freshman year of college I was forced to read this crap. I guess its because its closer to everyone's reading level and they can say its "edgy" because it uses swear words. This novel is closer to a bad episode of Law and Order than The Catcher in the Rye.
I have always enjoyed time travel so this book seemed okay at first but it quickly became one of my least favorite books that I have ever read. It just seemed pointless. Zits was annoying as a character and you never seemed to really care about him. He is an abuse victim but its so over the top that its kinda amusing. (I mean 30 something foster homes and they were all THAT bad?) This novel is just a combination of cliche story telling and bad characterization. The whole thing happens way too quickly and Zits goes from one extreme to another. One minute he is about to kill innocent people then throughout pointless travels he decides not to. Just stay away from this novel!
P.s.
For a Native American author, Sherman Alexie sure does like to present Indian stereotypes left and right. Just about every Native American character is shown as a drunk, dumb, or just plain bad.