well..., 3. Dezember 2007

I had to read this story for my 10th grade english class in germany, and i must say i really didn't like it very much. As with many other school books the problem is that the grammar and vocabulary is just at the right level (a bit too easy for me because i'm a native speaker) but the content is way too easy and not interesting to 15-year-olds. However, i'm sure that if i was younger (9-13) i would enjoy it a lot more, since it is a cute story and the topic is unique. Hence three stars...

      quite confusing but..., 20. November 2007

I've just read the book und all I can say that it really impressed me

in this book there are two stories which is at the beginning quite confusing because there seem to be no relation between those two stories but al last after reading it you'll understand and see

the story itself tells you about a boy
he has got to go to a camp called 'green lake" because he's accused of having stolen a very valuable pair of shoes
there his character should be improved in order to not steal anything anymore, to get a good boy by digging holes
but he begins to realize he isn't only digging holes to improve his behaviour but that the guys and him are searching for something but don't know what it is
there are many interruptions which bring up the other side of the book the other story tells you about a woman and her forbidden love and its consequences
finally these two stories merge into one and the reader understands all the things said in the book

in my opinion it is good to read for english beginners as it is not that hard to understand and even my advice is read it in english ( I began it in German once it was pretty boring)so it doesn't lose its peotic side
It's a book to read through and get excited about the things which happen there are many surreal things

I can only recommend reading it to you and you'll find out what a no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather means to your life.


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      This book was good, 11. Oktober 2007

Holes is a story,within a story,within a story,within a story.Sachar's style makes you think of many ideas and wonders.He wrote all different stories which had holes for you to fill and find out for yourself.His style made me stay focused in the book because you are dealing with all these thoughts and ideas that you would never know what would happen next.But in the book there are good points and there are bad points.The good points are when the book gets really exciting and your just have to know what happens next.The bad points are like at the end when he keeps you hanging and you want to know what happend to everybody else which kind of surprised me.He just wants you to fill in holes yourself.Overall, Sachar's style is my style because it's not those kind of books that stick to the same boring subject, it is the kind of wonders that all come together in the end when you finished filling your hole. If you missed reading Tino Georgiou's masterful novel--The Fates, I'd highly recommend reading it. Truly an enjoyable read.

       Holes..., 11. September 2007

Hallo zusammen!
Ich habe dieses Buch zusammen mit meiner (ehemaligen) Klasse im Englischunterricht gelesen. Es gibt viele spannende und auch witzige Szenen und es fesselt einen einfach...
Also ich denke dieses Buch ist auch gut geeignet für Leute, die Englisch nicht perfekt können, denn es ist relativ einfach geschrieben.

Also ich kann das Buch nur weiterempfehlen... ;)

      Holes - A good book for German English education, 16. Mai 2007

I read this book as a German English Student in the 11th class. The reading of the book was very simple. The speech of the book is very clear and the verbal notes at the bottom of nearly every page helped me to understand the story.
But this story did not fascinate me. In my opinion it is calculable, you know what will happen in most situation. The characters in the book are too linear.
Beside that the content of the book did not interest me, because the story takes place in a Boot Camp scenery, which is very far away for a German student.
All in all I think this book is good for German English education, but it should be read in the 10th class. Private I would not read it.