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39 out of 39 people found this review helpful.

Trendy Topics & Unbelievable Characters in Search of a Plot

Date of Review:  Apr 24, 2000
The Bottom Line: The novel is disjointed, choppy, and painfully stylistic. The characters are unbelievable and unappealing. Konigsburg has created some of the worst dialogue I've ever read in any genre.
Review: At the risk of incurring calumny from readers on this site by criticizing yet another sacred cow of children's literature, I have to say that I thought E.L. Konigsburg's The View From Saturday was little more than a self-indulgent exercise in...
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  2.0

by: jrk
Recommended to buy: No

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Some people might find politically...
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It may have won the Newbery, but I...
 
25 out of 25 people found this review helpful.

Worth reading!

Date of Review:  Jun 21, 2000
Review: When I learned that E.L. Konigsburg won her second Newberry Medal for "The View From Saturday", I was anxious to read the book. Her first such award came thirty years earlier for "From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler," a book I...
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  4.0

by: AEOakley
Recommended to buy: Yes

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Interesting style/Entertaining story
Cons
Reader needs to be patient for the full...
 
17 out of 17 people found this review helpful.

A View from Any Day

Date of Review:  May 26, 2001
The Bottom Line: A great book for anyone to read, especially someone who is into gameshows.
Review: A 1997 Newberry Award winner was a definite pick for this book. The View From Saturday, by E.L. Konigsburg, is classic Konigsburg work. She was written other great stories. But, ..Saturday is without doubt her best.


In the story of...
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  5.0

by: bomberbo7
Recommended to buy: Yes

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Great ideas, very fun read
Cons
nothing
 
16 out of 16 people found this review helpful.

WOW!

Date of Review:  Nov 10, 2002
The Bottom Line: I would recommend it to those between ten and thirteen, because the book won't be as relevant or believable to anyone above or below that age.
Review: Nobody thought that Epiphany Middle School would ever win the Academic Bowl. Not in a million years. It just never could happen. Especially not with a team of four sixth graders. However, every time a question is asked, the team seems to know the...
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  4.0

by: sunsetstars02
Recommended to buy: Yes

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Abnormal, reliable characters.
Cons
the time jumps may be disconcerting to...
 
12 out of 12 people found this review helpful.

A poorly written piece of trash

Date of Review:  Oct 29, 2002
The Bottom Line: Apparantly non-coherent plot cryptic references = Newberry award. Nothing silly like good plots, strong writing, or any enjoyable element.
Review: I've read this book multiple times. I've seen the Newberry award on it. I've tried to reconcile the two, without success.

This book is about a group of 4 sixth graders and their teacher in a trivia contest, going up to national levels. Or...
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  1.0

by: afan
Recommended to buy: No

Pros
Decent writing
Cons
Someone forgot a coherent plot, real...
 
11 out of 11 people found this review helpful.

When The Sum Of The Parts Makes A Whole

Date of Review:  Aug 23, 2004
The Bottom Line: Makes a great reading group book. It's so unaverage for a juvenile book that the average reader really has to think. My kind of book!
Review: I'll admit it. When I first started reading The View From Saturday, I was not impressed. The first character was an average preteen boy that was annoyed because he had to send a thank you note to his grandparents for his stay in their retirement...
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  4.0

by: mandik19
Recommended to buy: Yes

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Not your average juvenile work, very...
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Not your average juvenile work, very...
 
8 out of 8 people found this review helpful.

For Young and Old Alike

Date of Review:  Feb 24, 2000
Review: The View From Saturday is one of the most well written books that I've read. It doesn't just let us into the mind of one character, or narrator, but rather, into four very unique characters. The interesting thing about View From Saturday is the...
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  5.0

by: mjputnam
Recommended to buy: Yes

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heart warming, well written, age...
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none that I can think of
 
7 out of 7 people found this review helpful.

4-stars, plus!

Date of Review:  Jan 13, 2000
Review: Actually, this book deserves many more than just 4 stars, but it is the story of 4 seemingly individual youngsters whose only connection is their hometown. However, they are all connected via more historical and family roots than would be evident on...
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  5.0

by: kellmuke
Recommended to buy: Yes

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well-written, believable, enjoyable
Cons
none that I can think of!
 
5 out of 5 people found this review helpful.

A good view anyday!

Date of Review:  Oct 8, 2000
Review: I really enjoyed this book. It was the first one that I had read by this author and was pleasantly surprised. As an education major, I could see this book being a great resource in the classroom. The storyline could help relate to bullies, various...
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  4.0

by: mlarck
Recommended to buy: Yes

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relates to several different types of...
Cons
jumps around a lot from character to...
 
4 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

A Notta

Date of Review:  Dec 10, 2004
Review: I read this book for a project for school, which meant I had to read it. I regret that. In my class, some kids thought it was so bad that they stopped reading it while I read it and just got the information from me.

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  1.0

by: rockcandi841
Recommended to buy: No

Pros
The end.
Cons
Everything but the end.
 

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