I am the same way. I even tried going back and re-reading it after I was done with school. Didn't work, still just a terrible book in my opinion. I had to read that and All Quiet on the Western Front freshman year and they were just awful. I did get to read Fallen Angels that year though and it is still one of my favorite books to this day.
I read Fallen Angels in high school for a reading assignment and I just really enjoyed it. It's about an African-American troop during the Vietnam War and how they were treated compared to white troops.
The Pawn is the first book I've read since high school and the first one I've read on my own for entertainment since way before that. But I really liked it and it was free on iBooks (at least a few months ago). It's the first book of a crime series that seems pretty interesting (on the second book now)
I am the same way. I even tried going back and re-reading it after I was done with school. Didn't work, still just a terrible book in my opinion. I had to read that and All Quiet on the Western Front freshman year and they were just awful. I did get to read Fallen Angels that year though and it is still one of my favorite books to this day.
Fallen Angels
The Pawn
I read Fallen Angels in high school for a reading assignment and I just really enjoyed it. It's about an African-American troop during the Vietnam War and how they were treated compared to white troops.
The Pawn is the first book I've read since high school and the first one I've read on my own for entertainment since way before that. But I really liked it and it was free on iBooks (at least a few months ago). It's the first book of a crime series that seems pretty interesting (on the second book now)
I actually have not read this but I’ve heard good things about Fallen Angels. https://www.amazon.com/Fallen-Angels-Walter-Dean-Myers/dp/0545055768
Walter Dean Myers - Fallen Angels
this book was so intense I can not believe we were asked to read it.
I've never read it, but the author is a solid YA author with serious nonfiction and fiction chops. Fallen Angels, Walter Dean Myers: http://www.amazon.com/Fallen-Angels-Walter-Dean-Myers/dp/0545055768