Deadline Final Post

Deadline by Chris Crutcher was a really good book. It was outgoing, romantic, funny, ironic at times, and sad when the main character actually dies at the end. Most books and movies end up resolving the problem from the beginning of the book and end it happy. The way the book was written made me feel like I was talking to the narrator, Ben Wolf, a senior in high school who was diagnosed with cancer. This book was very different from books I have read in the past related to school because it included some inappropriate words and content, and had a different type of writing to it. One thing that I really struggled with was my time management. Two days before the book was do, I hadn't even started which was not smart on my part. The one thing I really appreciate about assigned reading books is that we have to read a certain amount of pages for the next day in class which made me read. With the freeness of the outside reading book, I was immature and didn't plan it out, but I did get it done. Another thing I noticed as I was reading is that I need to work on staying interested in the book. I could not seem to just read it, even though what I had already read had been good so far. As the book went on, I felt like I did notice character development in Ben. He went from being an immature senior that thought it was cool that he chose to not his life was ending soon, to actually being a mature graduate of high school. Even though he never ended up changing his mind about the life decision, it showed even more maturity that he decided to go with his original plan and stick with it. This showed what type of character he was becoming throughout the book. Another thing as I was reading that I need to work on is that I read a lot when I find the energy and interest to, but other than that, I cannot seem to just read it, even though it has been good so far. Overall, the book was an easy read and a very heart wrenching story.