A Good Book with a Less than satisfactory ending

While not as famous as her book "The Outsiders", Hinton again explores the need to belong, alienation, and dysfunctional families, and their effects on young people. The ending seemed abrupt. ( )

the covers always said, "now a major motion picture starring matt dillon!" but if you find one that says "now a major motion picture starring mickey rourke!" please buy it for me. i will pay you back. ( )

ALA Best Book for Young Adults! An old classic.

It was okay, a perfect two-star rating. S.E. Hinton's writing was good - not great, but good, with minor spots of brilliance - but the characters did nothing for me and the action scenes were bland. And I'm pretty sure if someone gashes into you with a knife, deep enough to expose bone through the cut, pouring a bottle of wine over it before dressing it up won't cure it. Hinton writes mainly about drifters and rejects and outcasts, right? If they're anything like the boys in this book - listless carousers who fight for no reason and treat their girlfriends like shit and occasionally pretend to be wise - then I'll pass. ( )

Been an S.E. Hinton weekend. Reading "That was then, this is now" Forgotten how relevant these were ( )