“Holes”, written by Louis Sachar,
is actually a children’s book but I like it so far. It seems mysterious. At the
beginning of the book we meet an overweight boy, who is arrested because of a
misunderstanding. He goes to the “Camp Green Lake”, which has no lake and is a
very different camp, instead of going to prison. In this camp, the imprisoned
boys have to dig a hole every day, in order to “build character”, which is a
difficult task for the boys because of the hot weather and the dried surface of
the “lake”. This is really hard for Stanley as well as the other boys. As Stanley
digs his first hole, the writer tells the story of Stanley’s cursed dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather
Elya Yelnats, who is blamed by Stanley and his family when they feel unlucky.
What I liked about this book is, that
everything seems to be connected to each other and I guess it has a nice,
surprizing ending. The writing style of the writer is a little bit childish but
it’s likeable. I think, his simple sentences make you want to read more and
they are funny: “[...] they wont bother you. Usually. [...] You won’t die.
Usually. [...] You will die a slow and painful death. Always.” (p. 7).The main question
in my mind is actually “What is going to happen next?”. Will Stanley be “friends”
with those guys? Why does Zero keep quiet all the time? I have to read the book
to find out, so that’s all for now.
By the way, there is a movie of
this book but it is different from the book in many ways and I liked the book
more.
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