Sonny's War by Valerie HobbsMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
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May 8, 2017 - June 4, 2017
“‘We were so sorry to hear about your father,' he said, but the way his face was, it was hard to tell if he really meant that. ... Anyway, how could he really be sorry when people died? It was how he made his money" (Hobbs 21 Sonny's War).
“I wondered if fourteen-year-olds ever got their heart attacked" (Hobbs 76 Sonny's War).
Should it be “got heart attacks"?
“Gives you the willies, believe you me" (Hobbs 77 Sonny's War).
“believe you me" sounds like a funny phrase
“By the last debate, both teams were getting sloppy. We'd used up all our good points and were going for scraps” (Hobbs 78 Sonny's War).
This reminds me of myself when I run out of ideas.
“It was like my butt weighed four hundred pounds" (Hobbs 79 Sonny's War).
I thought this sentence was funny. I wonder why Cory is self conscious about her rear end. Lol ya
“Could a person grow up a piece at a time?" (Hobbs 114 Sonny's War).
“A yellow dog came running up to me, his tail wagging. It felt good to let him lick my face, but he did it to everybody who let him. A love dog, Dad would have said. Not like Feckless, who only really loved one person: Dad" (Hobbs 121 Sonny's War).
This quote reminds me of baby Twenty because he loves Mom the most.
"Sometimes I just felt like the last person in the room after the lights got turned off. Elaine was moving to Vermont. ... I would have to start all over with friends in the fall. Except for Lisa. She was still a friend. She was a real good friend whenever she and Jimbo broke up, which was about once a month for three days. I had Lisa like I had my period, except she was of course more fun" (Hobbs 141 Sonny's War).
"Asking for signatures wasn't any different than trick-or-treat. Being popular was a lot like wearing a costume. ... 'Thanks,' wrote Burt. His handwriting was so crimped I could hardly read what was underneath his name. It looked like 'You're pouty' or 'You're pushy.' Finally, I showed it to Mom. 'He says you're pretty,' she said. 'Isn't that sweet?'" (Hobbs 142 Sonny's War).
“If you went through life wearing somebody else's glasses, she said, you were bound to get a ‘distorted view of things''' (Hobbs 148 Sonny's War).
I think this is a metaphor for something. Probably that if you shouldn't let other people rule over your life, or something like that...
“At last, he reached down and patted her head without looking, missing all that love" (Hobbs 179 Sonny's War).
Feckless their female dog sounds like a cute little Chihuahua.
“I heard her slippered feet cross the floor” (Hobbs 181 Sonny's War).
I like the author's word choice in this sentence.
“Conversation started up around me like a seized-up engine” (Hobbs 182 Sonny's War).
This sentence gives a nice visual of what the restaurant sounds like to Cory. I love it!
“‘No, oh no! He's a nice guy. Anyway, Mom says he doesn't ring her bells'" (Hobbs 195 Sonny's War).
I thought this was a funny phrase. LOL
“Around us, a sea of orange trees, their leaves whispering night secrets” (Hobbs 197 Sonny's War).
“Headlights pierced the dark" (Hobbs 198 Sonny's War).
“The night filled with the thrum of pounding pistons, both engines pushed to the screaming edge.
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All the worst things in life happen in slow motion. Why this is, I will probably never know. The best things flash by like hummingbirds too fast to catch, the worst things stretch themselves out like bad company and hang around, letting you see every piece of everything, so you can remember for the rest of your life exactly how it was.
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...everything alive with light, moonlight, headlights...
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...gently smiling as if he'd remembered some sweet, nice thing. A song maybe, or a kiss" (Hobbs 199 Sonny's War).
“What were we doing here? No way to answer. I felt the way you feel before sleep, that swimming you do in your mind, pieces of dreams gathering, almost peaceful. I was tired like never before in my life, and guilty for wanting to sleep, to get away" (Hobbs 201 Sonny's War).
“...the moon a pinched face.
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...as if he lost all feeling" (Hobbs 202-203 Sonny's War).
“Like an empty summer sky" (Hobbs 206 Sonny's War).
“Then, because Jason looked so serious, he got serious, too, his eyebrows drawing together over those dark, troubled eyes” (Hobbs 207 Sonny's War).
“I jumped up and ran to the window. The first rays of morning light were creeping up over the mountains" (Hobbs 214 Sonny's War).
“It could have been the sun, the golden light that seemed to follow him as he strode away, his hands clutching the straps of his pack. It could have been the sun, but I think it was Dad" (Hobbs 215 Sonny's War).
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