Book Ratings

  • **** One of the best books I've read
  • *** I liked this book
  • ** This book is okay
  • * I do not recommend this book

Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson

25 comments:

Anonymous said...

*** This book was pretty good. From the begging of the book it was interesting. With Tyler being a straight up nerd but yet the book has him starting out with a parole officer. What did he do you think as a reader. It left a lot of possibilities for the readers to think about what the book was going to be about. In the book there are a lot of ups and downs that Tyler has to deal with, all the commotion at the school, with the cops, and the principle too. Hannah his sister plays a big part in the book to. Seeing her places and her popping up places that you don’t expect her to, it catches you of guard. Ill let you read the rest and see if you like it your self.

Anonymous said...

Twisted was a good book. Its about this guy named Tyler who is in high school and who has been a loser/nerd sense 7th grade. All the guys picked on him and teased him because he was short and skinny and did not really fit in any group. He works for a couple of guys during the summer and grew and had gotten a lot of muscle and was less of a dork. tyler has a lot of good and bad things that could be threating to him and his family. he dalt with the cops, school and the principle. Tyler has a sister named hannah and she is kind of important part of this book.

Anonymous said...

*** This was a good book. it's about a guy named Tyler that has been a nerd sense he was in 7th grade. Everyone picked on him all the time because he was to skinny and short,Tyler really didn't fit in any group at school.In this book Tyler has a lot of bad and good thing that happen.he had to deal with the cops. Tyler also has a sister her name is hannah she plays a pretty inportant role in the book. I think that everyone should read this book.

Anonymous said...

**I did not really like this book because I thought it started out boring. I did not like how the author had him go to jail in the beginning for spray painting the wall. I thought he should have had it more in the middle. I did not like how they accused Tyler right away for taking the pictures of Bethany. The police should not have judged him because he was already in trouble once and if you get in trouble once you don’t usually do something wrong again to get in more trouble. I did like the ending better than they beginning. It was more detailed and exciting.

Anonymous said...

I would rate this book * star. I didn’t really like the book that much. It started with Tyler being a geek in school and everyone just knew him as the person who vandalized the school with spray paint. His dad is mad at Tyler because he say’s that Tyler is giving the family a bad name. Tyler is scared to stand up to his dad so he does whatever he says. His dad works for Bethany’s dad. Bethany is a perfect girl with a lot of money and good looking. She is the most popular and has everything she wants. They meet when Tyler has to bring her a cake because he tripped and broke her leg at there party. From then on she liked him and she started hanging out with him in public. He went to a party with her and got accused of taking naked pictures of her and posting them on the internet. It screwed his whole life up and he was just a nobody again. I just didn’t think that the book was all that realistic for a popular girl to fall in love with the geek at school.

Anonymous said...

***This book was good.
Twisted is about a guy named Tyler and he is a nerd and has been one since the 7th grade. People pick on him for different reasons, because he is skinny and short. Tyler deals with a lot of different things in this book like cops, fights, trouble with friends. It was hard to get into it at first but in the middle and the end was really good. It also shows that people are very judgmental because he was into trouble once the second time he was blamed for something the cops thought right away that it was him who did it.

Anonymous said...

*** i liked this book alot it was good in the at first at was good in the middle. i liked how he went from a nerdy kid to a really cool kid and then to being accused of something he did not do i felt as it kept me wanting to read the book. i think the book was good but the ending was not good. Other wise i recomend this book for people to read i think other kids would enjoy it.

David B. said...

****
Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson, was a great book to read, and I would definitely recommend it. The book is about a kid named Tyler that goes to high school and is well known for spray painting a wall of the school. He used to be known more as a nerd or something like that but after he did that he wasn’t known as that. During the summer he worked with a few people who were genitors and was patching up the roof of the school. He later gets in to trouble for something else but you will have to find that out and more by reading the book. The book had a few twists in my opinion and again I would definitely recommend it to others.

Garrhett M. said...

**** Twisted was a well written book. I thought it was good because before Tyler did the vandalism he was a dork and skinny little kid. When he worked off his community service and worked for the janitors he gained a lot of strength and he could finally stand up for him self. He got in blamed for something he did not do. He put himself in a bad situation. This is a book worth reading you will enjoy it.

Jaid D. said...

*** In Twisted the main character is Tyler Miller. He was the average geek in high school but somewhere along the way that all changed. He committed a foul dead and has to do community service to make up for it. He gets a better body from doing so and gains a more popular representation. He likes the queen bee of the high school and that is where the story picks up. I really thought this book was good because he goes through many ups and downs with friends and family. It is a book that can help you learn about yourself.

Sam L. said...

*** I thought that this was a pretty good book. It is about a boy named Tyler who was a nerd in school. After he spray paints the school, he becomes more popular. Throughout the book, he deals with starting to date the girl of his dreams, bullies, family arguments, and a big scandal. I liked the fact that there was so much going on in this book. Tyler was dealing with problems at school and dealing at problems at home with his dad. The only problem that I had with the book was that it seemed to end abruptly; I felt that there was more to Tyler’s story. Overall, I would say this is a good book to read.

Joey C said...

*****The book Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson is probably the most addicting book I’ve ever read. As soon as you start reading about Tyler Miller, an average student who vandalizes the school and is forced to serve probation as a janitor and landscaper and as a boy he was a scrawny little nerd but by the time he’s done with his probation he’s a giant. As the story progresses so does the twisted plot forms an ironic ending as he is obsessed with this girl and ends up facing a lot of hard times an unfortunate events, such as thinking about suicide, murder, sexual assault, parties, running away, and more. But what really interested me about this book is the realistic-ness and how much I could relate it to my life; it was kind of weird like my life story but with different choices and outcome.

Anna J said...

*** I really enjoyed reading this book. I couldn’t put it down. I would have want the ending to be more exciting. I would recommend this book to anyone. Tyler was nobody his junior year. He pulls a prank on the school, instead of getting arrest for it he gets a probation officer. Tyler’s probation office, parents and principal all tell him is on thin ice. After summer break, he gain lots of muscles and the girl he has always liked Bethany finally noticing him. Bethany’s brother Chip had always teased Tyler and doesn’t want to see Tyler and Bethany together. Chip and Bethany’s father is Tyler’s dad boss, Tyler’s dad doesn’t want Tyler to mess up and ruin his job.

Marie H said...

****Twisted is a really good book. The main character is Tyler. Since 7th grade, he has been picked on and bullyed. In this book, he has to deal with people from his school, cops, and his father. There are many problems that he has to overcome. At first, the book explains why he got in trouble. The middle and end of the book is really interesting. I think everyone should read it.

Garet G said...

*****
Twisted is the best book I've read so far. The main character is Tyler who is obsessed with a girl from his school. Her brother is also Tylers biggest enemy, Chip. They both go back and forth throughout the book threatening each other. Eventually Tyler ends up in a bad situation involving Bethany, Chip's sister.

Aaric M said...

***This is a great book. It’s about a high school no body that gets in trouble and suddenly gets the girl of his dreams, but when a party goes badly his life takes a turn for the worst. He finds himself dealing with bullies, cops and his dad. I would recommend this book to anyone that likes surprises, because there are plenty in this book.

Nikki A said...

I thought that Twisted was one of the best books I have ever read. The book is about this kid named Tyler and he is a complete nerd. But, the funny thing was that he was getting into trouble and he was a loser. Tyler has a lot of problems with friends, family, and with the cops. In the book Tyler had the hotts for this popular girl named Bethany. Tyler ends up going to a party with Bethany and gets blamed for taking naked pictures of her. Then this war between Tyler and his father rose and Tyler’s dad thinks he is the reason that he looses his job. Tyler’s dad blames him for giving the family a bad name.

Kyle C said...

**** Twisted is probably the best book I have ever read. It is about a boy named Tyler who gets put on probation and he receives community service hours for spray painting on the school. He is considered somewhat of a nerd and he doesn’t have any friends in school besides Yoda, who is dating Tyler’s sister Hannah. Tyler runs into Bethany during a party at her house and she gets injured. Tyler later goes there to apologize to her and to take her a cake, and he falls for her. Bethany’s brother, Chip, hates Tyler. During school he always picks on him and when out of school he always beats him up. This book was very good because it started off with a lot of action and it didn’t end until the book was over. You'll have to read the book to find out what happens in the end.

Ross R said...

***Twisted was a pretty good book. It centers on the main character, Tyler, a boy in high school. Before this year at high school, Tyler was a nobody. This book shows the effects of becoming popular and how the choices we make define us. This book is a lot like Speak, only with a guy. However, I hated Speak so don’t base that off your decision to read the book. I thought it was thought provoking and relates to a lot of high school students.

Donovan F said...

The book Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson was a very good book in my opinion. Unlike many of the other people that read the book, I didn’t think that it was messed up/twisted after the party. Well, it’s kind of messed up that that happened, and that everyone thought that he did that, but not…..ok so it was kind of weird after the party. Overall, this was a good book. It’s was funny, unpredictable, and real, like I could actually see this happening. I could see how and why someone would want to do what he almost did. I could see why Chip reacted the way he did, and parents react the way they did.

Luke R said...

Twisted was a really good book. I would give it 5 out of 5 stars. It’s about a pretty normal kid that starts getting picked on at school because of a stunt that he pulls on the school and gets in a lot trouble. He is labeled a trouble maker at school and doesn’t really have many friends. It takes you through the struggles he goes through and how he overcomes them. I would recommend this book to anyone because even if you don’t like to read you will find yourself reading this book till the end.

Anthony O. said...

Twisted was an eye opening book. I would give it 4 stars out of 5 stars. It had a really good story. It was about a kid who spray painted their school and has to now pay the consequences. He has a probation officer that checked up on him once a month. He was doing well until he started becoming good friends with the love of his life and did some bad things. He got accused for doing something to her and he tries to do something tremendously terrible. The only flaw to this book is that the conclusion was unimaginative.

Cody A said...

** The book Twist by Laurie Halse Anderson was an interesting book. The book was about a troubled high school kid, Tyler, who vandalized the school and got caught. For his vandalizing of the school he received a probation officer. Tyler along with his school life where he wasn’t very popular he had it tough at home as well. His father was a workaholic and was very mean to Tyler. Tyler went to a party and got in troubled for violating his probation. While at the party there were some dirty pictures taken of a girl Tyler had a crush on. Tyler was blamed for the pictures taken and got into even more trouble. The book was a uphill struggle for Tyler.

Dylan D. said...

**** Twisted is a book about Tyler Miller, a senior at Lincoln High. He's a nobody with a bad reputation after spray painting on the school. Through some favorable circumstances, Tyler gets in with the girl of his dreams, Bethany. One night at a party shatters not only that, but the rest of his life as well. Now he must battle accusations, his father, bullies at school, and AP classes to find outand become who he really is. A good book from page one. Has something a lot of people can relate to. ****

Jordan Hammer said...

**** In Twisted the main character is Tyler Miller. He used to be the average geek in high school, but along the way that all changed. He committed a foul dead and has to do community service to make it up. He becomes extremely fit and buff. With that now going for him he starts to turn some heads. I thought this book was great because it showed all of his struggles and not just the one major one. The one flaw in this book was the way it ended. It didn’t give you any reason to read the sequel if there ever was one. If you were to change the ending up Twisted would be one of my top books to read and than read again.