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is during a summer before his senior year, A student named Marcus, a very talented artist that has kept him safe harm, As for his younger brother, Enrique isn't as lucky at all, A mom that can't do anything about the situation at all, A time where it seems it is time, Marcus is in the car with his brother, Enrique andhis pretty girlfriend and on their way to visit their dad, But why is that there is a pistol in the glove compartment

I give this book a five because it was very entertaining for me to read, In the beginning it had a great hook, At some point it would show how in real life what a teenager would do in the book, It had some sense of humor, Showed some suspense but not like scary suspense, Overall, easy to follow and most likely you can't get lost in the book unless you doze off,

A significant quotation in the book would of to be in page, where it says, "Don't let yourself get overrunned anymore, " It tells us that don't let other people pick on you and constantly let them do as they please and that you should find a solution to it, Is what Enrique planned to do,

A connection I can make with this book is that they like to party alot and just have a good time, And thats what I like to do alot, go out and party and have a good time, Also where parent and children argue with each other because it does happen in my family but no as big as th book desribes it,

It's the summer before senior year, and Marcus should be hanging out, filling his sketchbook, maybe asking a girl out for once, So why is he in a car with his brother, his brother's girl, and the pistol, headed straight toward his dad

David Hernandez writes with striking lyricism and unfaltering poise.
Suckerpunch marks the debut of a superb and important new literary talent, Hernandez forges the powerful voice of a somewhat angsty teenager in this gripping yet easytofollow novel, I regard this as a comingofage story of sorts, because of the way the characters are developed, namely Enrique, The writer plays with the reader's perception and opinion of characters masterfully, namely in the revealing of Enrique as a lessthandesirable character AFTER revealing the path of his painfully blazed trail from childhood to early teenhood.
The idea that people can change unexpectedly is a big deal for the plot of this bookthe brothers assume that their father is the same as he has always been despite the signs that seem to suggest otherwise.
When the group of kids goes on their journey to avenge Enrique's broken childhood, they run into a lot of unexpected obstacles along the way as suggested by the title and see others who have fallen victim to the reckless wiles of life as well, which really enriches the scope of that theme.
I do agree with other readers who say that the graphic sexual content may have been unnecessary, however I also believe that it was instrumental in establishing Marcus as a hearty and determined young adult, and in turn showing just how much his brother's torment affected him and why it affected him in the ways that it did.
I'm giving this book four and not five because, quite simply, there were no quotation marks, I'd say half of this book was astar, and the other half was astar, It seemed like some of the writing tried to be shocking, just for the sake of being shocking, which didn't really add anything to the characters or story, Plus I thought the whole crow symbol was too heavyhanded, By the end of the novel, however, I had a lot of respect for the treatment of the relationship between the brothers and with the father, I think it's hard to convey the complexities of those relationships without sounding contrived, I wish that Marcus had asked his father why only beat Enrique, though, I really would have liked to hear the answer, good writing
anticlimactic plot This was a good book, It had good characters and a good plot, The theme of domestic violence and depression was quite sad and dark, but once you get around that, it's great, .stars First, the good stuff: sitelinkDavid Hernandez packs a lot of powerful emotion per page in this novel, and his main character, Marcus, is a wonderful mix of reliable

enough for me to trust him as a narrator, but imperfect enough to relate to.
Also, this is one of those rare YA novels that I think would resonate with teenage boys, especially if they're Hispanic, Hernandez manages to honor the traits of a Hispanic family in the US without digressing into the preachyness that is so typical of "multicultural" children's books,

Second, the notsogood stuff: some of the plot felt kind of tackedon for the sake of moving things forward instead of growing out of the story, The worst part of the book, no quotation marks, Trying to read a dialogueheavy book without quotation markspain in the butt, David Hernandez is one of my favorite poets, and he brings his acute observational skills to this story of a teenage boy dealing with his father's inexplicable violence toward his younger brother.
The novel meanders the way that teenage life does, floating from one scene to the next with more emphasis on sensation than causality, Maybe it's a poet thing too, But what the book lacks in pageturnerness, it makes up in realism and quiet moments of odd beauty, Numerous reasons exist to prompt a reader into picking up this book for National Hispanic Heritage Month, The reader should pay attention to the development of masculinity, Hernandez cleverly unravels the danger of machobullshit, Enrique, the character who is most abused, embraces a tough guy pose, He becomes the mirror image of his abuser picking fights, being violent, speaking harshly in situations that don't require anger or rage, He adopts homophobia. He embraces the role of the lothario, And yet all the while suffers from the pain of trauma coupled with mental illness,

Enrique, while the only one physically assaulted, is not the only one to suffer abuse, The mother and brother, silent and frozen witnesses to the abuse have to unravel their guilt at never having defended Enrique, They watch frozen in their fear, The mother attempts to "talk" the father out of his abusiveness, And Marcus retreats further into his shy guilt, taking refuge in getting high,

Marcus although the most demeaned because he doesn't offer that macho posturing that his community of male friends display is the strongest male of all, After all the abuse he witnesses, Marcus can still offer love to his brother, to his mother, and even in some measure to a father who is struggling and failing with transformation, selfhealing, and attempting to make amends.
I love that Hernandez made "the pussy" and the virgin our hero, The ability to come out of abuse and still be capable of loving, forgiving, and moving forward is the image of masculine strength that is so very needed in our TerminatorIronmanHulk worshipping world.


Marcus is a character to be explored between teachers and students, I would recommend this text for anyth grade studies in Literature or writing courses, I believe the theme of this book comes through pretty clearly, In life people do bad things to you and it makes you want to hold a grudge against them, Sometimes it is just better to forget and forgive no matter the hard feeling you have for them for things they've done in the past, The story begins with a boy named Marcus Nub and his little brother Enrique, agesand, They together lived with their mother and father, Their father was very abusive towards Enrique but never Marcus, So then one day the father walks out of their lives, A year later the father is wanting them back in his life, So the two boys pay a visit to their dad to "talk" to him about all of this, I was very satisfied with this book until the end, I believe this is a very good book for the average "I don't like to read" teen Which is what I am, I don't believe an avid adult reader would be very fond of this book based on some of the choice words used in this book, but I may be wrong.
Plot: This is the story of Marcus Nub and his brother Enrique, Enrique was physically brutalized by their father, although the father left Marcus alone, Marcus hangs with his friend Oliver who recently lost his father to suicide and goes to parties, takes valium, tries acid and smokes weed with his friends, His mother waitresses at a Thai restaurant after his father takes off a year ago, Marcus meets green haired Ashley at a party, and develops a crush and later learns that Enrique is dating her, One weekend Enrique comes up with a plan to take a starter pistol to Monterey with Oliver, Marcus and Ashley, in order to threaten their father, Enrique is on antidepressants and has some severe anger management issues, On the way back, there is an accident involving a horse, and only Marcus is the one who is able to pull the trigger and shoot the horse,

Strengths: This is a gritty, readable novel, You really feel for Marcus and Enrique and can believe their actions and the reasons they feel at odds and seem to be lost, The plot moves quickly and even though they are using a starter pistol, the danger seems real, There is mounting tension as you wonder what will happen next,

Weaknesses: The novel is edgy, relying on many sexual terms, drugs, and violence, It would be hard to just give to a teen as a good read, It would be more suitable for an older teen, but probably could be found by a teen browsing on their own,
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