Sam's Take

I read BORN TO ROCK and I thought it was a really good book, but there were a few things that I did not like. These things were near the beginning of the book. One problem, that I found, was the fact that the main character kept referring to “McMurphy” and/or his “genetic hitch-hiker”. I found both of these terms rather confusing during the time at the beginning of the story in which they had not been clearly defined. The author should have started the book with the part in which both terms are defined. Another problem I had with the beginning of the book was that it was not as fast-paced as I like books to be. That is not, what I would call, a writing error, it is just an opinion, but it still diminished my enjoyment of the book in that the slow beginning made it harder for me to become interested in the story.

The main part that I liked about the book is that in the end everything turned out well. For instance Leo was able to obtain enough money to get in to Harvard. That surprised me because many of the other books I have read this year had what appeared to be an unhappy ending, at a glance. I have always enjoyed books that have a thoroughly happy ending. I loved this book, and I would recommend it to anyone.