Summer Reading Assignment: Entry Four

When I originally looked at the list of books that were available to be chosen from, none truly stuck out to me until I arrived at this book, Where Things Come Back by John Corey Whaley. I think what first caught my attention was the book cover. I know the cliche “don’t judge a book by its cover” but this book just caught my eye. Then, I decided to do a little research on the book and found out that it was about more than just a bird, it was about a boy who magically disappeared into thin air one day, and a high school graduate who wanted nothing more than to get his father’s approval, and how a silly bird could bring all of these things together. For me, I think what really convinced me to choose this book was the fact that the main plot is about a high school boy and his brother who eventually disappears one day, and I too have a brother so I feel a connection to it.

There weren’t many personal connections that I could find between the novel and myself after I finished it. The biggest connection is that I too have a brother like Cullen, but mine is the older sibling, and like Cullen if my brother had disappeared I wouldn’t have been able to get my mind off of trying to find him. It wouldn’t matter what was going on, I would only be able to concentrate on my brother.

I would recommend this book to people that want to read a story about second chances that isn’t completely sad and will not make you want to ball your eyes out. I feel that this book should be read by people that are at all different stages of life, in high school, in college, out of college. In my mind,  this story is for anyone who is looking for a good read that could take a while. I say this because there is a lot of information that some people may not understand if they aren’t at least in high school. Also, this isn’t a good book for people that are looking for a quick read because it can be very slow moving at times, especially in the middle of the book and also because the context of the pages isn’t just something you’re going to want to breeze through if you are going to understand the story.