Leslie Connor is a fantastic author. I’ve now read two of her books – Waiting for Normal and Crunch, and loved them both. I guess I expected a little bit more out of Crunch because Waiting for Normal was, to put it simply, incredible, but this one was kind of an “eh” book for me.
The main plot was okay. The country is in the middle of an oil crisis, and since Dewey’s dad is a truck driver, he and his siblings end up on their own for the majority of the summer while his parents are stuck with no gas. That leaves Dewey and his brother in charge of The Bike Barn, the small side-job shop his dad runs. Of course, because gas is so hard to come by, everyone is biking everywhere now. Not exactly the easy-breeze summer vacation Dewey had pictured. But he really wants to impress his dad with how well he kept the bike barn going. But then thefts are popping up all over town, including several missing parts from the barn.
Pretty interesting. What went downhill, though, was the book started off kind of slow. Actually, the middle was pretty slow, too. And the ending. I did enjoy the book. It wasn’t slow enough for me to put it down, because I was genuinely engaged enough in the mysterious thefts and what was going on and whatnot, but for a decently long book, it honestly didn’t go fast enough for me.
Despite that, the characters were pretty complex. I was really taken by surprise by how the whole mystery theft thing turned out. Definitely not what I expected… I was also seriously wondering what was up with some of the characters, especially Dewey’s sister and brother. Dewey’s sister, Lil – seriously what is UP?! LET SOMEONE HELP YOU. And his brother, TALK TO SOMEONE. Really. They got on my nerves.
The hilarious stars of the book kept my attention well – Dewey’s five-year-old twins, who always had something funny to say, and their crabby neighbor. They kept things lively. =)
Overall, I really liked Crunch. I can’t say if it’s a re-read or not… I definitely liked the characters, and the plot was pretty interesting. I give it 3 and a half stars!
Have you read any books by Leslie Connor? What did you think of her? Do think you’ll read Crunch?
This sounds interesting! I’d never heard of this author before. I may have to check this (and the other book you mentioned) out!
You definitely should! They’re both fantastic. 🙂
This book sounds interesting But due to the fact I don’t like slow books I don’t think I’ll be reading it.
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Yeah. I think you’d like it, but it’s too long to read if you don’t really, really want to read it.
You did! Wow, it came earlier than I expected. That’s good! I’m so glad you like everything! I loved the book mark. And now we have matching bags! Twinsies in seperate states, right? =)
City of Ember is a movie?! I didn’t even know that. Now I really want to it. It looked so good.
YES. OMG, getting on Pinterest now. I’m glad your mom let you have one.
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So that is what that book is called! I read Waiting for Normal in fifth grade and had been wanting to reread it, but I couldn’t remember the title! I really loved that book! I don’t think I’m going to read Crunch though. It doesn’t seem like my type of book
I’m glad that you know the title now! It’s definitely worth the re-read.
Yeah, Crunch isn’t like Waiting for Normal very much. But I like it when authors write different types of books, so I can step out of my comfort zone a little. I probably won’t re-read this one, though. 🙂