Paul Zindel - The Pigman

Pros: An in depth examination of loneliness, and the effects of death.

Cons: Narration is a bit choppy.

The Bottom Line: This is an excellent novel but very sad. Do not read it if you are looking for something happy.

Review: So John and Lorraine are two kids at the local high school. The book begins with a death: John say the Pigman dies. Quickly the book alternates narrators; during one chapter John is the narrator, during the next Lorraine is the narrator. And here is the ...

Pros: A good book for teenagers, and will keep them occupied

Cons: A little short...must be longer

The Bottom Line: A very good book for teenagers. A suspenseful and sad ending...A very good book!

Review: I think this book has a lot of meaning in it. At first i read the book and started drifting away because it seemed boring. But as I got to read farther from the book, the book seemed to interest me. The book has many conflicts happening with the...

Pros: really good book

Cons: sounds stupid on first glance

Review: The pigman

I remember back in the 7th grade when my assignment was to read this book, a book called the pigman. I remember myself thinking, what the hell the pigman? And remember referring to the book with such words as stupid, dumb, and even...

Pros: light reading, well written, action packed

Cons: set in the 70's (harder to relate), but doesn't really effect the book

Review: First off I would like to say that I NEVER have really liked to read fiction books, so with that said...

When I first picked up this book I thought that the name was kind of weird. But my best friend wanted me to read it, so I figured I'd...

Pros: Writing style, characters, author, great climax

Cons: Predictable, "terrible secret" not so terrible

The Bottom Line: This is a great book to polish up on on a rainy day, and it would be great to read to a teenager aloud.

Review: Many people like Paul Zindel for his writing style, not for the tales that he tell. I now like him for both.

Zindel created a good book in The Pigman, the story of two teenagers in high school who find and ultimately fall in love with...

Pros: Light easy read

Cons: The whole Pig thing is a bit strange; i.e. Pigman

The Bottom Line: The book is very sad, but not in a heartbreaking kind of way. It was charming.

Review: STORY:

The story is narrated by two high school students, John and Lorraine. They're writing of a recent event that had happened to them while it is still fresh in their minds.

John is a bit reckless. He drinks, smokes, talks back...

Pros: interesting story, keeps you hooked

Cons: horrible ending

The Bottom Line: Go to the library and read this book right now - you wont regret it!

Review: The very first time I read this book, was at school. Our teacher assigned it to us at the very end of the year and said that we would really enjoy it. I am by no means a book worm or any other book maniac, but this was one of the few books that I really...

Pros: Fast read; very funny in (many) places; Zindel's way with words

Cons: This book sometimes gets a bad rap

The Bottom Line: This is a good book and a good experience for teenagers.

Review: Once upon a time, in an imperfect world, there were two high-schoolers:John,who liked to play practical jokes, and Lorraine,a shy, sensitive girl who wasn't glamorous but she wasn't the worst thing anyone had ever seen. They met...not "cute" like in...

Pros: Good description

Cons: none

Review: The Pigman? Does it sound interesting or does it not? When I first picked it up I didn't think it would be interesting? I was reading and reading and while I was reading I thought it was very interesting. So do you really know what the title...

Pros: Unique story

Cons: Disappointing ending

Review: Years ago, The Pigman was a required reading book at my high school.The story starts out pretty interesting, but even at the middle its, hard to predict where the story's going. The end was completely unexpected. It didn't really go with the theme of the ...