- Library Binding: 170 pages
- Publisher: Random House Childrens Books (Sep 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0679931988
- ISBN-13: 978-0679931980
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 4,050,720 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Chris Marshall met the girl he was going to kill on a warm night in early June, when one of the colleges in Oxford was holding its summer ball. Read the first page
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
The White Mercedes a.k.a. the Butterfly Tattoo, is a really good book. It's a tragic love story about seventeen year-old Chris and Jenny, the girl he falls in love with at first sight. They have a brief, passionate relationship then end up being torn apart for ever. Think you've heard it all before eh? Wrong! This is a brilliantly written story. The thing that I love is the way that Chris and Jenny change each other and mature so much throughout the book. He starts off as innocent and gullible but ends up as hardened and mistrusting. She starts off as mistrusting of most men after her father's abuse of her, but ends up as sensetive, loving and... well, you'll have to read the book. All in all a very worthwhile read for hardcore Pullman fans or people who haven't read anything else by him. Granted, it's not one of Pullman's best, but that's not saying much.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
The agony and ecstasy of a teenage love affair inspires this tense, romantic thriller. Sixth-former Chris falls in love with Jenny the moment he sets eyes on her as he works at an Oxford ball. But as their relationship blossoms, tragedy and violence wait in the wings. For Chris's boss has a shady past that won't stay hidden. And his ruthless enemies will use two innocent teenagers to exact their revenge on him...
This one of Pullman's finest earlier works.
This one of Pullman's finest earlier works.
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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Young Adult IS appropriate
10 Jun 2005
Format:Mass Market Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Enough with Romeo and Juliet, enough with 'near-pornography'! The fact that this is a tragedy reminiscent of Shakespeare is used as a contrast of R&J, not a retelling.
Its flaws are of logical plot turns and character, not a misplacement in the young adult genre. It IS a young adult novel, written about a boy and girl more realistic, perhaps, than parents would like their children to read about, but it is far from pornographic (look in your school libraries for Tropic of Cancer and Ulysses if you want something to get angry about). Much is said here about Chapter 6, but what of Chapter 13? Is sex so much worse than an innocent's death? Young people read more graphic things in Cosmo and the Bible.
This novel is about powerlessness and self-doubt in the face of Fate, and in that it succeeds better than most.
Its flaws are of logical plot turns and character, not a misplacement in the young adult genre. It IS a young adult novel, written about a boy and girl more realistic, perhaps, than parents would like their children to read about, but it is far from pornographic (look in your school libraries for Tropic of Cancer and Ulysses if you want something to get angry about). Much is said here about Chapter 6, but what of Chapter 13? Is sex so much worse than an innocent's death? Young people read more graphic things in Cosmo and the Bible.
This novel is about powerlessness and self-doubt in the face of Fate, and in that it succeeds better than most.
13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
A modern addition to Pullman's scope of wonderful books
12 Jan 2003
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Philip Pullman has done it again in this captivating novel about trust, betrayal and love. While His Dark Materials was delightful in an innocent, fantastical sort of way, this book seemed a bit darker, more honest, and truer to our life. None of those things are bad or good; they're just different; and if you're expecting another THE GOLDEN COMPASS, change your expectations or you may be startled. This is an older children's book, more for fans of Chris Crutcher than C.S. Lewis. The characters are like people you meet on the street, not "destiny children" like Lyra and Will. They have dark pasts and modern-day troubles. You will love them and understand them as normal contemporary people.
Pullman's descriptions bring the print of the book to real life. Without ever boring you, he lets you feel Chris's emotions, and Jenny's, and their feelings about their pasts and each other. It's a tragedy book with plentiful references to child abuse, sex and troubled families, which means I wouldn't give it to a ten-year-old who adored HIS DARK MATERIALS, but read it yourself and give it to him in a few years' time, and he'll love it for what it is: a compelling modern masterpiece.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
UNFORGETTABLE!
9 Aug 2001
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I loved this book! I've never read a book by this author before but now i'm hooked... This book kept me on the edge of my seat, i didn't want to put it down. Anyways , i recommend this book to anyone who loves a good book.
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