Luis's BOOK REVIEW

Sunday, December 17, 2017

Title: WONDER

Author: R. J. PALACIO

Pages: 313

Dear followers, welcome to the last post in my blog! This post will be different! Frankly speaking, I don't usually read books, obviously I read newspapers, magazines… and several emails every day, but this time I chose this book titled “Wonder”, on my girlfriend's recommendation. She read this book last year, it was an assignment at the School of Languages, and she realized that this book was great, so following her advice, I started to read it, probably, the first book for me in the last 5 years.

Plot

The main argument is simple and complicated at the same time. August Pullman, who is around 10 years old, will go to school for the first time in his life, until then he had studied at home with his mom.  August, or Auggie, has a singular face, he has two kinds of genes which make him different, and he has scars due to the different surgeries which he received in order to save and improve his life.  

With this background, he has to introduce himself in the new school, meet with children and try to lead a “normal” life.

But the book is much more than August's point of view. If you read this book, you will understand the different views of the people who are next to him, such as his sister, Via, his classmates, Jack and Summer, and more people.

My opinion

I didn't cry, really, but I have been touched. I would recommend this book obviously, it is very easy to read and well-developed. Page by page, you will discover and identify with the different problems and doubts you have probably had in your life, too. This book could help us to understand the people who are next to us everywhere, and the kind of people we need around us.