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Original Title: | Candy |
ISBN: | 0439683289 (ISBN13: 9780439683289) |
Edition Language: | English |
Characters: | Joe Beck |
Setting: | London, England(United Kingdom) |
Literary Awards: | Manchester Book Award Nominee for Longlist (2006), North East Teenage Book Award Nominee (2006), Silberner Lufti (2006) |

Kevin Brooks
Paperback | Pages: 384 pages Rating: 3.86 | 9721 Users | 438 Reviews
Point About Books Candy
Title | : | Candy |
Author | : | Kevin Brooks |
Book Format | : | Paperback |
Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 384 pages |
Published | : | March 1st 2006 by Push (first published January 1st 2005) |
Categories | : | Young Adult. Romance. Fiction. Realistic Fiction. Contemporary |
Narration Concering Books Candy
When Joe Beck, a fifteen-year-old suburban kid, gets lost in a disreputable neighborhood on his way to an appointment in London, he is struck dumb by his first sight of beautiful and seemingly innocent Candy. She talks with him, teases him, but reveals nothing about herself except her phone number. Later they have a perfect day at the London Zoo, and soon Joe is as addicted to Candy as she is to heroin, in spite of the threats of her menacing pimp Iggy. Almost nothing matters except his desire to free her from her terrible life-- not his band's chance for a recording contract, not the song he has written for her that has become a hit without him. But there is something that still matters to him, and when he rescues the young prostitute from her sordid rooming house and takes her into hiding to sweat out her addiction, Iggy finds and uses that one thing that is stronger than Joe's passion for Candy, in a heart-thumping, breathless conclusion.Rating About Books Candy
Ratings: 3.86 From 9721 Users | 438 ReviewsRate About Books Candy
Kevin Brooks will always amaze me I think. that's honestly everything I need to sayI decided to read Candy by Kevin Brooks really just because we had to read something in class and I just picked it up, read the blurb and started reading it for that reason. I really enjoyed reading this book as it had a bit of romance mixed in with Candy's horrific lifestyle. I also really enjoyed that it was told in Joe's point of view. A character that I found interesting was Joey because as I kept on reading I really didn't understand why he kept trying to protect Candy even though he knew
I decided to read this book because the title caught my eye and the summary was interesting. I liked this book because Kevin Brooks has a unique style of writing and he describes everything so well not only using adjectives but metaphors that make you think. I liked everything about the book it was perfect. The background and lifestyle of Iggy frightened me the way he was described made me think of someone immortal he was well described and everytime his name was mentioned in the story he gave

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I really need to review these books right after I read them... because I can't remember crap. Now... why did I give this one a B? Perhaps I should change it. Oh... because it was British. And anything British automatically gets a B in my book. But, looking back on it, the fact that it was British was really the only thing Candy had going for it.It's a trendy book. Does that make sense? I can see this book becoming really popular, with people saying that it really targets a younger audience. What
The content in this book wasn't altogether very surprising, given the blurbs and what I already understood it to be about. I didn't understand Joe's fascination with Candy, or his obsession. There wasn't enough depth behind it for me to really understand what happened there.I didn't find anything particularly redeeming about Candy, or Joe, so I don't know. It was kind of a disappointing read for me.
Everyone's always ranting about how this book is so great. It let me down SO much. Kevin Brooks does this thing where he leads to a conclusion in the end but doesn't explain it because the character never seems to care. It works in some of his books like Being or The road of the dead, but i honestly didn't like this one.
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