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At Risk (Hardcover)

by Alice Hoffman (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 219 pages
  • Publisher: Putnam Pub Group (T) (July 1988)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0399133674
  • ISBN-13: 978-0399133671
  • Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15 x 2.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,062,650 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Book, 2 Sep 2002
This review is from: At Risk (Paperback)
This book should be read by anyone who is at all concerned about issues to do with AIDS, but also as a story that could very well be true.

I read this on a train and when i go to the end i had to stop reading because i was nearly crying. It is incredibly moving and very realistic. It really makes you think about how you would react, not just to a member of your family getting the disease, but also a neighbour or friend.

A really wonderful book.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Very dull, 21 Jun 2008
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I will not deny that there are few things more terrible than a child stricken with a deadly illness. Therefore, the book could have -should have- been harrowing; heartwrenching. But it wasn't. Despite the source material, the book is very, very mediocre. Firstly, At Risk is horribly written. There are adverbs and adjectives to burn. It's trying too hard to be emotive - obviously, a young girl contracting AIDS isn't enough to stir emotion and dreadful metaphors such as "they are bleeding from their souls" are necessary. Hoffman should've let the story speak for itself. And maybe this is just me and my intense dislike for the present tense, but I think that the narration would've been a lot less clumsy if the book were written in the past.

Secondly, the characterisation is off. Charlie, an eight-year old, seems a good five years old. Additionally, there is a serious lack of character development, so I didn't really sympathise or empathise with any of the characters. They were completely one-dimensional, and there was little character growth outside of Amanda, the dying girl.

Sadly, the story of a dying girl and the hysteria her illness creates cannot overcome the clumsy over-writing and poor character development. In the hands of a more competent author, the story could have stirred genuine emotion, rather than an "Oh, that's a shame."
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