Theories of Relativity tells the story of 16-year old Dylan Wallace whose reckless mother kicked him out in order to please her latest boyfriend, Dan. He is struggling to survive on the streets without taking the easy way out with drugs. Dylan settles outside two office towers and begs for money from passersby. This is where he meets Glen, a young employee at one of the office buildings. Another homeless teen named Jenna, works on the street across from him, in front of a church. She is an 'employee' for Brendan, who takes street kids under his wing. Dylan goes home to see his brothers and meets his mom's new boyfriend, Dan. This makes him feel replaced. To add to his emotional distress, his mother hands him a letter that she kept from him.
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One of the assets which the author possesses is phrasing and choice of words. Her sentence structures flowed very nicely and did not run on too much. It was pleasing to read and wasn’t too complicated to understand. Furthermore, the author of this book also used great detail in her story. In order for a story to be enjoyable to read, the writer should be able to take you to a whole new world through his or her own words. It is clearly shown that Barbara has no problem painting images with words and is very confident with her language. Thirdly, was the author’s pacing. She kept the story in a steady pace and she didn’t get too boring or too intense, for the most part. With reference to that, I would like to point out a weakness that stood out for the author, and that was the way she concluded the story. I approve of how well she built up the story, but when it got to the ending, it felt abruptly cut off. It left so many unanswered questions for the reader, which can be quite frustrating as I have heard from other students. I will be going more in depth with this in the next paragraph. Overall, Barbara Haworth-Attard had many outstanding strengths that made the book worthwhile to read, but there are still some areas that she might want to work on for her next writing
One of the assets which the author possesses is phrasing and choice of words. Her sentence structures flowed very nicely and did not run on too much. It was pleasing to read and wasn’t too complicated to understand. Furthermore, the author of this book also used great detail in her story. In order for a story to be enjoyable to read, the writer should be able to take you to a whole new world through his or her own words. It is clearly shown that Barbara has no problem painting images with words and is very confident with her language. Thirdly, was the author’s pacing. She kept the story in a steady pace and she didn’t get too boring or too intense, for the most part. With reference to that, I would like to point out a weakness that stood out for the author, and that was the way she concluded the story. I approve of how well she built up the story, but when it got to the ending, it felt abruptly cut off. It left so many unanswered questions for the reader, which can be quite frustrating as I have heard from other students. I will be going more in depth with this in the next paragraph. Overall, Barbara Haworth-Attard had many outstanding strengths that made the book worthwhile to read, but there are still some areas that she might want to work on for her next writing