Dope sick and the way it clings you

Dope sick by Walter Dean Myers is a book about a teenage boy who makes a bad mistake one day in life and wants to go back that 24 hours to make things right.

I deeply liked how this book felt so realistic because it made you feel like you had done the mistake and you felt like Kelly was talking to you and you were going crazy. I also liked how Kelly talked to Lil J about the situation calmly instead of being intense and making it seem like Lil J was a serial killer on the loose , even though he did shoot a cop but he didn't realize until he calmed down.

Another thing I enjoyed about reading this book is that Kelly would seem like a therapist and isn't scared to look in the eyes of a suspect. I found Kelly's "therapy" very good for Lil J because it made him think about what he would do if he could go back and change the situation so he didn't make the mistake again. I think if Lil J got in another dangerous situation he would maybe get flashbacks of when he was speaking his mind and listening to Kelly.

Lastly on behalf off the author Walter Dean Myers , I liked how he overall shaped this story. He used powerful sentences made with strong verbs to make the book very intense and heart beating. I admit that this book would become scary at sometimes and cause me from not reading it at night just because of some of the descriptions. I still read it anyways and i',m glad I did because it changed the way I look somethings including my past mistakes.

An Excellent Quote That Makes You Think

Therein-In that place, document, or respect: "the facts therein contained".

Irony-The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.

           

Reading Interview with The Vampire I noticed a quote that relates to the world that made me think a lot deeper than normal since it wasn't as general as other quotes and it used complex wording. The quote that I noticed was “The world changes, we do not, therein lies the irony that kills us.” I think this quote may mean that we stand our place in the world and we sit while it rotates but we don't do anything to change or make our lifestyles standout to their full potential. The quote doesn't seem to touch on world issues about how some places are less fortunate but I do see how someone could relate it to that.

I can’t relate the quote fully to my life because my life is literally beginning since I’m only 13, but for other people they may be able to relate this since they have more experiences with life and maybe made changes that helped them along the way. If you had a choice to make a change would you make an effort or would you just stand with no progress to go along with?

What I think about some characters...

Reading Interview With A Vampire by Anne Rice I find that Louis, the vampire is nicer than most of vampires I ever heard or read about , I say this because in my opinion I think of vampires as reckless, blood sucking creatures that like to harm. Louis also has to go through stages of becoming a vampire but hes pressured into them instead of deciding what he wants to do himself, I think this may be overwhelming to Louis because after all he didn't want to become a vampire. I think of The Boy talking to the vampire in the room as a robot since he's their asking questions that have obvious answers. Just thinking about The Boy makes me think of sticky cob webs in small places since he's annoying and small but maybe could be a big part of the book.

This book reminds me of a dark humor named "Going Bovine" book since it includes death by another character and instead of sobbing and being sorrow the character plays with death while trying to investigate the loss. I deeply wondered about what happened to the brother because how could he just fall down the steps and die right there , their must have been something that triggered him to go down with such a tumble and die. Throughout the book I had one question that I really thought about which is, Does Louis really like himself? Does he hate life? and I had this one specific question because he wanted to kill himself but instead he got a different outcome.

Thus the characters being different and wide I think they're very interesting which causes the book to get better over time.