- Paperback: 336 pages
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0143038117
- ISBN-13: 978-0143038115
- Product Dimensions: 18.1 x 13 x 1.6 cm
- Shipping Weight: 200 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,598,323 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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2.2 out of 5 stars (6 customer reviews)
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Philosophic thriller, July 4 2007
By M. J. Smith - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Schools Out (Paperback)
The cover blurbs lead one to expect a thriller of some sort - think Class Trip. If this is your expectation expect to be disappointed. One can be a third of the way through the book and still have little tension causing you to read until 3 a.m. - my test for a good thriller or mystery. And unlike The Class Trip, School's Out will not lead you towards understanding of an individual's aberrant behavior. Rather the strength of School's Out is philosophical and group oriented. Through the rather detailed exploration of the personalities of individuals who must deal with middle school class, the book explore how individuals and groups cope with "reality" - especially the adult coping through becoming an observer, the middle school class coping through uniform compliance. Suicide, physical assault, and other "thriller" plot elements counterbalance the philosophic bent to create a very enjoyable read.On the down side, the translation is at times awkward. I would like to explain the difficulties away by claiming British usage but phrase such as "two crew" rather than "two crew members" disrupt one's reading more than simple British-isms. The book could be improved by a bit of editing - in the early part of the book the scene setting is overly long for its narrative function. But Dufosse is definitely an author worth watching - entertaining and thought-provoking.
7 of 9 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
A truly creepy thriller!, Jun 14 2007
By Mystery Lover - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Schools Out (Paperback)
School's Out is a really intelligent, dark, and weirdly funny thriller. The students in Pierre Hoffman's classroom are out to get him, but he's not sure why, and the disturbing messages he keeps receiving aren't helping. I couldn't put this book down! Definitely for fans of Donna Tartt's The Secret History.
9 of 12 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
drudgery, July 18 2007
By Doralyn Rush "bibliophile" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Schools Out (Paperback)
I want to say that I only managed to get to page 78 in this book and even that was difficult. The write-ups on this book make it sound like it's about students when they didn't even enter the picture until page 54 and only in a perfunctory interaction (and that was the only interaction through page 78). What this book really seems to be about is a boring, solitary bachelor who dwells far too much on his own thoughts (annoying attempts at deep thinking and quasi-intellectualism that end up being nothing but annoying). I could not force myself to finish this book. I figure if it had anything to say, it should have started saying it before a quarter through the book. This was just tedious. I read hordes of books, particularly for young adults (as an English teacher) and I would never recommend this.
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