- Paperback: 368 pages
- Publisher: Chicken House Ltd; 1st edition (1 Jan 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1904442129
- ISBN-13: 978-1904442127
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (44 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 870,062 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Things start to happen when Lucas arrives on the island. Who is he? Where does he come from? What does he want? And why do people hate him so much? Caitlin's life also changes from the moment she sees him: Lucas is the most extraordinary, most beautiful and unforgettable boy she has ever seen.
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Short listed for the Guardian Fiction Prize 2003
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I was persuaded to buy and read this book by the reviews on this page. Someone mentioned that it was fantasy, so I thought I'd be on safe ground. It's not a fantasy - or not what I think of as a fantasy. This a disturbing slice of *real* life - or it could easily be. Still, it's a 5-star book. It's beautifully written and the characters are real ... some of them are horribly real. It's hard to believe the author is male because he's written this girl, Caitlin, so convincingly.
This is Caitlin's story. She's a wise and sensitive 15 year-old at the time these events occur. She made a connection - a seemingly magical/spiritual connection, with a beautiful and resourceful mystery-boy of about her own age. She's going through a difficult time: growing up, living on an island, finding it hard to communicate with her best friend and her brother who have started behaving like morons. Other members of their peer group are mixing with or turning into thugs and generally behaving abominably. Then Lucas appears. She first sees him walking along the land bridge that connects the island to the mainland at low tide, and is instantly fascinated by him. They make eye contact at that time and the magic starts. Lucas and Caitlin both seem to be exceptional individuals, floating above the base squalor of irrational human spite and malice that surrounds them. They don't have a physical relationship at all, but an almost mystical bond.
It's a very sad story and I'm embarrassed to admit that it made me snivel at the end. This is a very good book but it's the sort of book I try to avoid. There's more than enough real life in real life and on the news for me, but I'm an escapist so don't listen to me. If you're made of sterner stuff than I am, you should enjoy this book because it's very good indeed.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Being a great fan of fantasy novels I have read all the great authors today, Philip Pullman, JK Rowling, Garth Nix, Philip Reeve, Malorie Blackman, etc but Kevin Brooks is easily the best of them all and Lucas is his best novel to date. It is a powerful, emotion, darkly funny and immensely gripping book of hate, passion and insanity. The story is wonderfully written, poetic in places even. The characters are brought to life in stunning reality and it's like they jump off the page. Brooks' imagination is superb, the plot is thick with twists and turns. Enriched with horror, romance and all the ingredients to the best book on the shelf.
The story focusses on a girl called Caitlin who lives her widowed father and brother on an island. One night she sees a strange yet oddly beautiful boy and from then onwards her life flips dramatically. She feels that all of her friends have matured faster than she has, she feels threatened by her transformed brother and his ghastly friends and she feels she can be herself with this strange newcomer, Lucas.
The story gets better and better until at the end when it reaches a fantastic climax. A litery landmark indeed. An ending that I promise you'll never forget, a most emotional and touching finish to what is set to become a classic.
The story focusses on a girl called Caitlin who lives her widowed father and brother on an island. One night she sees a strange yet oddly beautiful boy and from then onwards her life flips dramatically. She feels that all of her friends have matured faster than she has, she feels threatened by her transformed brother and his ghastly friends and she feels she can be herself with this strange newcomer, Lucas.
The story gets better and better until at the end when it reaches a fantastic climax. A litery landmark indeed. An ending that I promise you'll never forget, a most emotional and touching finish to what is set to become a classic.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is the most compelling book i have ever read. It is filled with a mixture of humour, exitement, fear, love and loathing. The characters come to life and I really felt as though i knew each of them as a friend, or in some cases as an enemy. Brooks has writen a wonderful and unusual story of teenage love which deals with life's ups and downs in an incredibly realistic yet poetic way. The storyline was so unbelievably gripping that i found myself thinking about it and what happens to the characters, during the day when i had stopped reading it. I really empathised with Cait in many places and could feel and understand her emotions and thoughts. I cannot fully describe just how beautiful this story is! It is the first book that has left me in tears, and it is a story that will stay with me for a long time. It is truely fantastic writing. A must read!
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Thoughtful and intense
After reading Kevin Brooks' newest book, Naked, I was dying to read more from him. Just before I moved back to university, my sister came home and asked me to help her start boxing... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Fiction_Fan
Lucas
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this. Like 'Killing God', Brooks uses a female protagonist in 'Lucas' - and manages to pull this off without having the female sound like a whining... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Angela
best book ever!!!
when i first picked up this book i didn't think much of it, to be honest at that time i wasnt so much so into reading. Read more
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Published on 27 Nov 2009 by Anon
Unforgettable
And I really mean that - I read this book several years ago but I became gripped by it. It is the perfect example to show that teenage novels definitely do not have to be poor... Read more
Published on 29 July 2009 by M. Slocombe
One of the better love stories
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STUNNING
This book was stunning. Beautiful. Thought-Provoking
I loved it in so many ways, Kevin Brooks is an amazing writer and this book is wonderul. Read more
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Published on 28 Oct 2008 by J. Murphy
A story which will stay with you
I first read this book when i was about year 8... Im now in uni and wish i had the time to re-read it (not that i haven't many times)! Read more
Published on 25 Oct 2008 by N. Lake
OK..
This is a good book and certainly gets you hooked although i,and i dont know whether this is because i wasnt paying enough attention or becasue it actually wasnt clear, i didnt... Read more
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