Kevin's Point of View Book

Kevin’s Point of View was one of those strange books that grabbed me at the beginning

delshannon — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 03:05:28 +0000

Kevin’s Point of View was one of those strange books that grabbed me at the beginning and then confused me a little. I decided to hang in with the reading thinking it was my inability to focus due to intermittent reading while I tried to prepare for company. I’m glad I stuck with it. The [...]

I loved this book! So far, it’s my favorite book this year. And I named Kevin as one of my favorite male characters.

delshannon — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 07:51:45 +0000

"Hi! I'm Kevin Tobin and well, this is my Point of View. See, the lady that runs this blog- she's been really busy lately with some personal stuff, you know, grown up things, so she asked me to tell you about my book, my Point of View. Sooo, he

Hang on to your hat, fasten your seat belt and enjoy the ride.

delshannon — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 03:38:12 +0000

My rating: 4 of 5 stars Hang on to your hat, fasten your seat belt and enjoy the ride. Because this book takes you on an adventure. Kevin is the main character who is really a character. He escapes inside his mind to filter out reality whe

It was a little strange but absolutely wonderful at the same time!

delshannon — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 02:14:52 +0000

My thoughts: Kevin’s Point of View was a very different book from what a usually read. It was a little strange but absolutely wonderful at the same time! It was full of adventure, twists and turns and even humor.

Kevin’s world changes when he loses his father. He deals by escaping into his own world and finding the courage to face danger. Then Kevin gets a gift from an unknown source called The Influxitron. The gift ends up bringing danger to Kevin, his sister and her boyfriend and Kevin’s best friend. The ending was unexpected for me and I loved that it was so unpredictable!

Kevin was a great character. My son loved him! I liked the enemies, you know the ones that keep reappearing even after you think you have gotten rid of them? Yeah, I thought they were great!

I thought this book was fairly easy to follow and read and my 8 year old (who reads at a 5th grade level) seemed to have no problems following along. It was a clean read but packed with such adventure and excitement that you never get bored! I would tell my son “okay, one more chapter” and at the end of the chapter he would say “well, we can’t just leave it like that. Read one more!” until I finally had to call it quits for the night. I loved that it kept his interest like that!

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Shannon did a wonderful job capturing the personality and imagination of a twelve-year-old

delshannon — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 02:21:27 +0000

Kevin’s Point of View was a strange book. Yes, a strange–but humorous–book that grabbed my attention right from page one. Shannon did a wonderful job capturing the personality and imagination of a twelve-year-old, and I thoroughly enjoyed watching Kevin’s mind switch from reality to role-playing mode as he battled the bad guys throughout this story. Watching him escape his troubles by retreating into his imagination took me back to my own days as a twelve-year-old, playing Pretend on the playground with my friends…except that when we did it, our lives weren’t in danger. (We liked to pretend that we were Pokémon trainers training to defeat the Elite Four.)

It was cool to see that whenever Kevin started to play pretend, he managed to find the courage to face whatever danger lay before him. Eccentric characters are always fun to read about, but they’re even better when they use their unusual quirks to accomplish great feats. It’s the kind of thing you hope to admire in a person, fictional or not. And boy, it’s a good thing that Kevin had a way to handle all of the crazy that was buzzing about him, because Kevin’s Point of View was one of those stories that just continued to get more and more outrageous as the plot went on–like each chapter was trying to outdo itself. It was just a roller coaster of crazy event after crazy event, and it was hard to stop myself from yelling things like, “WHY WON’T YOU DIE?!” at the book when the bad guys managed to show up yet again after falling off of a train or getting crushed by an avalanche. It was actually, really, really funny. The only beef I had with Kevin’s Point of View was that even though the book begins with Kevin as the main character, towards the end it splits and becomes more about the group of characters that Kevin hooks up with. This wasn’t a big deal since each character contributed to the ending in his or her own way, but since I grew so attached to Kevin’s imagination in the first half of the book I wanted to see him use more of it to be the hero in the end.

In a way, the style of this story reminded me of The 39 Clues series, both in tone and structure. The sci-fi element in this book is light and fairly easy to understand, even though some sequences of events were confusing. However, Shannon manages to pull it all together at the end with a well-constructed plot twist. The fast-paced, cliffhanger like chapters will encourage even the most reluctant readers to keep reading, and the bizarre events will have everyone laughing about something. All-in-all, Kevin’s Point of View was just plain old, good clean fun with something new on every page. A goofy read for all ages!

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