One For Sorrow, (Paperback)

from johnklima

Christopher Barzak's One For Sorrow is a book I've been looking forward to reading for some time. I was not disappointed. The story of fifteen-year-old Adam McCormick as he attempts to deal with the murder of high school acquaintance Jamie Marks is equal parts touching and terrifying. It seems th...

from kougogo

Christopher Barzak's first novel is very good, I think. He captures something very profound and evanescent about being a teenage boy, and especially a confused and sad teenage boy. The narrator's (Adam's) friend, Jamie, is murdered, and his naked body is found stuffed beneath some train tracks. J...

from nhalliwell

One for Sorrow was a very powerful book. The book is a ghost story, a coming of age story, and an exploration of the effects of bullying on adolescents. It is more than just that though. I debated how to try to do it justice in a review; I really cannot since I am not that good of a writer. I dec...

from DanaBurkey

I read this book last year, FINALLY, after taking classes from Chris in college. It is different from what I usually read, but amazing in every way. I really got into the character and the world Chris created, and also really loved seeing my hometown on the pages. Again, not my usual reading styl...

from devilwrites

The premise: it's more than a love story about a boy falling in love with the ghost of another boy. It's a love story about life itself: Adam's shocked by the murder of Jamie, a classmate he barely knew but wished he knew better, and that murder brings Adam all kinds of lessons in life: in love (...