Reader's Circle I Am the Cheese, (Paperback)

from smohri

Great book! I had no idea where the book was going. I didn't know who could be trusted. I was in total suspense the entire time and had to go back and reread the ending to make sure I understood what had happened. I never suspected that the adventure on his bike was only in his mind. Even though ...

from baystateRA

The Recorded Books audio on 5 CDs is a chilling production, with taped and transcribed interviews interspersed with 15-year-old Adam Farmer's recollections and buried memories that are gradually exposed to his psychiatrist/counselor/interregator (Adam doesn't really know who this man Brint is who...

from BridgetteHarmon

This is a disturbing book. It definitely kept my attention,though, because I wanted to know what was going on. Why had Adam lost his memory? What really happened? Who was Mr. Gray? Why was Adam riding his bicycle to Vermont to meet his father? The suspense was very well crafted, and an eerie chil...

from farfromkansas

Robert Cormier's I am the Cheese is the literary equivalent of an M. Night Shyamalan film: the author drops foreshadowing clues throughout the story and then flips the whole tale on its head with a killer twist at the very end. Of course, like Shyamalan's films, the ending of the story is the onl...

from datrappert

I suppose I am much older than the intended demographic of this book--so I'll review it for adults! First, it is well-written and the first- and third-person perspective of a teenage boy taking a desperate bike ride to a Vermont town where is father is in a hospital, is quite convincing. This is ...