For this week’s blog, I’ve read the book Chasing Brooklyn. It is about this girl name Brooklyn whose boyfriend, Lucca, has died in a car accident about a year ago. Her friend Gabe also has died from an overdose of drugs recently. Nico, Lucca’s brother, has been going through a tough time since his brother’s death and Brooklyn has been emotionally unstable because of their deaths. She can’t sleep or focus on anything. One night, however, Gabe’s ghost starts to haunt her wherever she goes and she doesn’t even know what he wants or why he’s haunting her. Nico, on the other hand, is been haunted by Lucca asking Nico to help Brooklyn. As Brooklyn and Nico’s lives merge, their friendship grows stronger; but will they be able to help one another? Can they trust one another enough to reveal that they’re been haunted? You will have to read the book and find out.
Chasing Brooklyn is written in verse and even though it‘s not written like a novel, it still captures all the important details that a reader needs in order to understand the plot. By writing in verse with lesser words, the message of each word is more powerful and meaningful than the one before it because it’s the foundation of the character’s description, the setting, as well as the impact of the character’s emotions. The author’s way of describing each character’s emotion is unique as well because the fact that it’s written verse, it’s always on the dot and you can understand and emphasizes with what the characters are going through.
Here is an excerpt from Chasing Brooklyn:
I reach the door and look behind me.
I see someone.
Someone’s coming.
Right behind me.
I turn the doorknob.
Locked tight.
My fist pounds on the window.
I pound and pound.
and open my mouth to scream.
Then, he’s there.
In front of me.
Gray skin with eyes
black as the darkest night,
and lips blood red.
He lunges for me
and I scream his name.
“Gabe!”
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