Long Way Down

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Novgorodoff’s realistische stijl en beperkt kleurenpalet komt op een bijzondere manier samen met de paranormale elementen in het verhaal van Reynolds. Want gedurende de 67 seconden dat Will in de lift staat, stapt er op elke verdieping iemand in. Mensen die eigenlijk niet in zouden moeten stappen.

This was incredible. Not only is it so emotional and well-developed, but oh my god, the writing is so good. Kreizman, Maris (December 19, 2017). "The 10 Best YA Books of 2017". Vulture . Retrieved January 9, 2022. Long Way Down explores the perpetuation of a cycle of violence and the theme of revenge. Compare the development of these themes in Reynolds’s novel to a classic revenge story like Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, The Iliad, or The Count of Monte Cristo. Now, two days later, Will is heartbroken and desperate as he abides by "The Rules" he's been taught all of his life; he won't cry and he won't snitch. And, most importantly, he plans to follow through with the third rule:"if someone you love/ gets killed,/ find the person/ who killed/ them and/ kill them." He finds a gun in Shawn's dresser—one bullet under a full clip—and sets off to kill the person who killed his brother.

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Look at some examples of crime reporting; then, using as many specific details from the text as you can, write a newspaper article about Shawn’s murder. When Shawn, the beloved big brother of 15-year-old Will, is shot dead, Will is ready to follow "the rules" and get revenge. After finding his brother’s gun, he gets in the lift from his home on the seventh floor with Shawn’s gun –and so begins a surreal journey of discovery, guided by the ghosts of other dead people in Will’s life. The entire action of the book takes place on that journey down to the ground floor... When Shawn turned eighteen, what did his mother worry about? What do you think she meant in saying that when Shawn walked in the nighttime, he needed to make sure that the nighttime wasn’t walking in him? Do you think Shawn tried to heed his mother’s warning?

Uncle Mark should’ve just bought his camera and shot his stupid movie after the first day. Unfortunately, he never shot anything ever again. Zonder te veel weg te geven bespreekt 67 seconden op een indrukwekkende maar bijna claustrofobische wijze hoe een roulerende rekening generaties van mensen achtervolgt. Moord volgt moord, geweld wordt gevolgd door meer zinloos geweld. Het is aan Will om een keuze te maken, een eigen of eentje die voor hem is uitgeschreven...Cybils Finalists". Children's and Young Adult Bloggers' Literary Awards . Retrieved January 9, 2022.

In 2021, the American Library Association selected Long Way Down: The Graphic Novel one of their Great Graphic Novels for Teens. [55] References [ edit ]In a time of typewriters and steam engines, Iris Winnow awaits word from her older brother, who has enlisted on the side of Enva the Skyward goddess. Alcohol abuse led to her mother’s losing her job, and Iris has dropped out of school and found work utilizing her writing skills at the Oath Gazette. Hiding the stress of her home issues behind a brave face, Iris competes for valuable assignments that may one day earn her the coveted columnist position. Her rival for the job is handsome and wealthy Roman Kitt, whose prose entrances her so much she avoids reading his articles. At home, she writes cathartic letters to her brother, never posting them but instead placing them in her wardrobe, where they vanish overnight. One day Iris receives a reply, which, along with other events, pushes her to make dramatic life decisions. Magic plays a quiet role in this story, and readers may for a time forget there is anything supernatural going on. This is more of a wartime tale of broken families, inspired youths, and higher powers using people as pawns. It flirts with clichéd tropes but also takes some startling turns. Main characters are assumed White; same-sex marriages and gender equality at the warfront appear to be the norm in this world. The last person who enters the elevator is Shawn. What does Will tell his brother? How does Shawn respond? What rule do both brothers break? Do you think Shawn wants Will to avenge his death by shooting Riggs? Explain your answer. Bush, Elizabeth (2017). "Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds (review)". Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books. 71 (2): 90. doi: 10.1353/bcc.2017.0735. ISSN 1558-6766. S2CID 201735854– via Project MUSE.

TIME added it to their "100 Best YA Books of All Time" list, [23] and Buzzfeed named it one of the best 30 young adult books of the decade. [24] Awards and honors [ edit ] Year I'm having a hard time processing all the feels right now so this was a shorter review than I usually do. Just read the dang book!

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ChiPubLib_Kids. "Rebecca Caudill Award 2021 Nominees". Chicago Public Library . Retrieved January 9, 2022. And so it goes, the whole long way down, as the elevator stops on each floor, and at each stop someone connected to his brother gets on to give Will a piece to a bigger story than the one he thinks he knows. A story that might never know an END...if Will gets off that elevator. Why doesn’t Will recognize Dani at first? What questions does she have for Will? What message do you think she is trying to share with him? How does Will plan to avenge his brother’s death? In this moment, do you think he is doing the right thing? I was able to finish this in about an hour. It is written in verse. My interpretation of this book is that it is a message about the cycle of violence. And I did very much like the delivery. Our main character believes that he must uphold justice for his brothers death, by killing his killer. That he must make this life changing decision. He must. That is the rules of the street. But on his way down in the elevator, he encounters the spirits of the people in his life who have passed away.