Author: Jason F. Wright
This has to be one of the best, if not the best story of its kind. The Wednesday Letters is more of a romance type of story but with a little horror and comedy as well. This story is basically about Samantha, Matthew and Malcolm, children of Jack and Laurel. Samantha is a cop, Matthew is the oldest while Malcolm is rather violent and has a criminal record. Matthew is married to Monica, Samantha has a passion for acting and Malcolm loves a girl named Rain, who is together with Nathan, about to get engaged.
One night, Jack and Laurel both passed away. Malcolm, Matthew and Samantha are all shocked. Jack and Laurel were very nice people and Jack did suffer from some health problems. The story goes on and the children find some letters. They were actually letters written to Laurel on Wednesdays from Jack. Jack would write to Laurel about anything.
From the letters, they discover a lot about their parents, some things they did not know about. In one letter, they discover that Laurel was raped one night. This meant that Malcolm was not the biological son of Jack. Malcolm is devastated and wants to find out who is real dad is.
One night, Nathan comes to offer Malcolm a huge sum of money so that Malcolm will leave the valley for another country, leaving Rain with Nathan or else Nathan would report him and get him in jail with evidence Nathan had.
Malcolm would eventually discover his real father in a rather unusual way and live to tell the story. He did not feel like he belonged at first but as he grew, he understood that Jack loved him and regarded Jack as his father. In the end, Malcolm gets what he wants. What do you think he wants?
My thoughts:
I think this is a fantastic book suitable for all types of readers. It is sad yet heartwarming and brilliantly written. I personally like the suspense the author leaves us with at the end of chapters, making us want to read on and on. Oh, and there's a huge surprise letter for you at the end of the book! One of the best books I've read for sure!
6 comments:
Yes, the part left hanging at the end leaves us wanting more especially since he lives. But I thought you were supposed to provide the whole story?
Timothy here.
This sounds like a good book for me to read. Perhaps i might consider reading it during the September holidays.
Neat book review Kevyn. After reading it, it honestly made me interested in it. Thus I will try to make it a point to read it some time this year. Anyways, good book review! And keep up the good work!!
This book summary you have done is well written and it really got me interested to read more about this book. It would better if you put some summary about the author. Your blog is really fantastic! Keep it up!:D
This is a good review and the review is easy to read and of reasonable length . However , I do not quite agree that the story is horrifying . But I can see that it is an entrancing story . I might read it during the Sep holidays . Anyway , good job done =D
@Stanfy You should!
@Wei Jin Thanks
@William Will try! Jason F. Wright does have quite a few good books
@Sze Tung I think you will like it!
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