Crash And Burn Analysis

Crash and Burn is about forty pages away from being perfect. Michael Hassan has written what is quite honestly the best book I have ever read. Never has a book made me question my own morality, character, and social skills the way Crash and Burn did. The drama had me staying up late at night, fascinated by the story unraveling before my eyes. As David Burnett and Steven Crashinsky grow up alongside each other, their lives dramatically change, and it seems that as Steven’s life gets better and better, David Burnett’s gets increasingly worse. This is a tale of destiny, heroism, and self-discovery that will leave the reader realizing one cold truth; no matter how hard you try in life, and no matter how hard you work, sometimes things just …show more content…
He has created characters that are more similar to teenagers in the way they act, talk, and think than any other author I have ever read. On the surface, Crash and Burn is a tale of a school shooter, but underneath it is so much more. It explains to the leader and makes them understand what an awful life a person must live, how angry at the world they this life causes, and how completely insane a person must be to threaten the lives of hundreds of innocent children. I would say Michael Hassan can relate more teenagers than many of my teachers. Crash and Burn takes place around the early 2000’s, just when social media and other various forms of technology were becoming prominent. This played a large part in the book. Crash, who had become somewhat of a celebrity, had a photo of himself posted online that looked like he was smoking. National news channels show up to his house trying to get an interview. Throughout the book there are instances in which technology is either detrimental or helpful. If this book taken place in any other time period before the early 2000’s, social media would not have made such a big …show more content…
I would absolutely read it again. However, I feel that Crash and Burn has a very specific audience. School shootings are a very sensitive subject, and in order to deal with that subject, Michael Hassan uses humor, but Michael’s sense of humor isn’t for everybody. It might seem to some that he’s making light of the situation, but it is my belief that he is simply trying to allow the reader to wrap their head around such a dark circumstance. In all though, I give Crash and Burn an extremely high recommendation, and if you are willing to put up with somewhat unrealistic moments, it