Boys of Blood and Bone (Blog 5)

Boys of Blood and Bone, written by David Metzenthen were in my opinion a pretty good book overall. Though it took a long time to get into the book, and to be generally interested to continue to keep reading the book it was really interesting by the end of the book. At the start of the book, in my opinion was boring as there was too much detail and the event in which the character was written to introduce the readers to the book was not so much interesting but slow and boring. But, as the book continued the details of the characters became more interesting as their lives turned from a normal life, to an exciting, adventurous life. These events that structured the lives of the characters were shaping the books characteristics, evolving the book to become more appealing to the readers, allowing them to continue reading it. 

Though this novel was good, I would change 2 parts of the book. The first part that I would change would be the beginning of the book (chapter 1). The introduction to the book wasn’t exciting enough for me – as a reader – there should have been a very interesting event at the start of the book to allow the readers to become interested and keep reading, otherwise (like myself) the readers would put the book down and not continue reading the book, but due to this assignment I had to continue reading the book. The second part that I would change would be the ending. I would like to know what Janine and Henry’s relationship would turn out; would they continue being friends, or would their relationship grow into becoming more intimate (romantic). This change would be the greatest ending to the book, as it would be a lot of excitement for the reader knows that this book was ending in a very positive note. The book’s greatest strength would have been the detailed descriptions of the emotions of the character; this influenced me to keep reading, affecting my emotions towards the characters. These descriptions made me feel for the character, also relating to experiences that have happened to me in the past.

Overall, the book was good, though it needed parts of the book to be changed. I liked it :)

Boys of Blood and Bone (Blog 4)

This blog is about World War One, and how the novel is based around a soldier who was in the war at the time.

World War One, the war that Andy Lansell fought in to defend our country. Throughout the novel, WW1 was a bloody war that many wished not to experience. There was a lot of bloodshed, dead bodies, artillery, and loud noises in the war. Soldiers of the war were the most affected people throughout the war as they were out in the battlefield with people they do not know, with weapons that many have never used to fight against a country that may have the ability to kill them at any time, any day. All of the soldiers did not know if they would return to their families, or even make it out alive. Every day at war the boys experience new surroundings of the country, new soldiers by their side, new adventures, lose boys, and have to bury their boys. Without these experiences, this would not be war. The language of the boys is very informal while the occasional cursing of one another. These events experienced as a typical teenager would be nothing to what many of the soldiers in the war. Typical teenagers never appreciate what many people have done to keep our country safe for today. Without these men fighting for our country we would still is in war right now. Therefore, Boys of blood and bones has re-established the events of the war.

Boys of Blood and Bone (Blog 3)

So, this blog is about the next chapters (15-21) and the questions I am left with, as well as what I would like to see happen in the later part of the novel.

Henry and Andy’s life seem to unfold together throughout the novel, introducing Janine and Cecelia. By moving the story away from Henry and Andy and follow Janine and Cecelia’s life would build on the story structure from the two males. Janine and Cecelia’s life are similar as they seem to not know who one another at the start of Henry and Andy’s journey’s, and later will hopefully meet ends and tell of their mysteries that haunt them. This shifting of the story was an excellent choice by Metzenthen, otherwise there would have been no mystery or climax to the story overall. There are many questions that I have at this stage of the book, like what happens to Andy in war and how does it feel when he finally dies during war? How is Janine relevant to the book, why is she still in the story? These questions are the two main questions that I am yet so eager to find out about. Later throughout the book, I hope to find out what actually happens to Henry and Janine, and how Andy finally passes away during war. 


But to find out I must continue reading the book.