I read Kerosene about a year ago, and it's got to be one of the best books I've ever read.
It's about a boy named Cal, who is REALLY self concious. He thinks everyone's looking at him, and the only way he can feel better is to play with fire. He won't even talk to people in school, and he ... Read review
Advantages: good and original storyline. Disadvantages: the characters can be frustrating.
I read Kerosene about a year ago, and it's got to be one of the best books I've ever read.
It's about a boy named Cal, who is REALLY self concious. He thinks everyone's looking at him, and the only way he can feel better is to play with fire. He won't even talk to people in school, and he starts to feel even worse when Abby, a girl from school, pretends to take an interest in him. She's doing it as a dare, but soon she's not so sure... ... more
I read Kerosene about a year ago, and it's got to be one of the best books I've ever read.
It's about a boy named Cal, who is REALLY self concious. He thinks everyone's looking at him, and the only way he can feel better is to play with fire. He won't even talk to people in school, and he starts to feel even worse when Abby, a girl from school, pretends to take an interest in him. She's doing it as a dare, but soon she's not so sure...
It's really well written, and I think a lot of people will relate to at least one of the characters in the book.
Advantages: Storyline is so believable and realistic Disadvantages: could be longer
Kerosene is about Cal Sampson, a pyromaniac fifteen year old. He is cripplingly shy, and has problems talking to people. He usually just gets left alone, until some girls at school start messing with his head, tricking him into thinking they liked him.
His way out of it all is through fire. At first he just appreciates the calming effects of striking a match and watching it burn, but the obsession grows, and Cal moves on to bigger things....
It ... ...an interesting plot and characters (while also completely believable) and a decidely modern feel to it. The author has clearly either researched a lot, or had experience in, a lot of the things that happen in the book.
The terminology is extremely up to date (I can't stand it when books "sound old", I'm all for big vocabulary, but if there's a new word for something, using the old word sounds stupid) and most of the occurances of the storyline are ...
coyote_jones 07.05.2004
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Product details
Type
Fiction
Genre
Modern Fiction
Title
Kerosene
Author
Chris Wooding
ISBN
0439978874; 0439999448
Manufacturer's product description
TRADE EDITION: Cal's got this thing about fire. It's nothing big at first, just lighting matches, watching matches burn, enjoying the calming effects of the flame...It helps him cope with stuff. Then he meets Abby, and things start to get out of control. She winds him up, playing with him until he thinks he might lose his santiy, and suddenly the matches just aren't enough anymore. So a plan hatches itself in Cals' mind, a plan so glorious it could set the world alight. Nothing will ever touch him again.
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