Bring on the tomatoes! This is going to be an unpopular review……I just don’t understand the hype surrounding this book.At the premise of Holes, a group of boys are charged with digging 5 feet by 5 feet holes and to let someone in charge know if they find anything “interesting.” Hmm…doesn’t that sound like buried treasure? Aren’t they going to find something? Come on and get there already! The repetition was nauseating and sent me over the mooooooooonnnnnn! Maybe I will just blame my great-great-...

This will forever be a childhood favorite

3.75

This book is so much fun! I used to take clippings from magazines with book reviews, found an old clipping about this book cleaning up the house recently and thought... mmm... let's read this one. Timing was impeccable. I went through an explosive challenging period of really hard work and high pressure in the office and this book made me look forward to reading if only a few pages when coming home. A quirky funny story about a boy called Stanley who is sent to 'Green Camp Lake', a boy's detenti...

This story has a fable/fairytale-like quality that makes reading it feel like magic. Loved it!

I knew of a friend who lost everything when her father started digging holes. You see, her dad was a treasure hunter. And to be a treasure hunter, you are supposed to be well equipped and with good manpower. You must also be in possession of a reliable map and a lot of time. You also need a lot of money to be able to acquire all the above things. Unfortunately, my friend's father only acquired a fake map, swindlers for company and equipment worth nothing when you're digging the wrong hole. Littl...

I'm not sure exactly when it happened, but it seems I'm no longer absolutely cool in my daughter's eyes. I could understand if her particular issues with me were current fashion or "the" things to do while hanging out with friends, but books? BOOKS?!? Oh, the pain!I don't say anything about the girly girl preteen drivel she loves to read (after all, I occasionally read girly girl grownup drivel) and I recommend a wide range of books (while keeping in mind she doesn't have the same penchant for s...

Funny story: I'm trying to shelve this book, and can't remember if it had been banned (but I thought it had - google confirmed). At the same time, my friend Allison and I are chatting on Google Chat, and she starts ranting about how ridiculous book banning is (an opinion with which I agree wholeheartedly). Anyway, the conversation went like this: me: Is Holes a banned book? I can't rememberallison: dunno... the whole concept of banned books is stupid. I mean, you could find a reason to gripe abo...

One of the best books ever. Gets better every time, too!

Read it aloud to my kids aged 7, 10, & 14, & they couldn't get enough!

Holes is one of my favorite books of all time. The whole thing is just so clever. The writing style is simple, but not boring. Every character is amazingly developed and believable. I like how the story of the present and the story of the past connect to each other perfectly in the end. And the movie version is really good, too! I highly suggest this book to everyone.