Pay It Forward

My title may make it sound as if I appreciated the book, but I hate the chickensoup books. I've always found them to be annoying and over done. I thought that this book started off well, but after a while I started to get sick of it. I found the characters to be boring and the plotline to be tedious. I agree with the first reviewer here who said the "relationship" in the story was not intersting at all. It had me hating both the teacher and the mother. After I got halfway through the book, I found it slowly growing more and more unrealistic. You can call me cynical, but I'm never going to believe that anyone could act in the way the characters did in the book. The ending was maudlin. I knew that I should be crying or at least upset, but I wasn't at all. Overall the book was a disppoinment.

Let me start off by saying that I saw the movie before I read the book. The only reason why I read the book was because I was sure that it couldn't be as bad as the movie. I was right, It wasn't as bad as the movie but it was sure close.

The off again and on again relationship, between Arlene and Reuben reads like a soap opera. And it gets so trying that you no longer care if they ever get back together.

The author plays with our emotions by giving us this idea that this world can be a good place, then with one swift movement she takes that away. The ending is cheesey and unbelivable.

I thoguht this story was wonderful. The whole idea of paying it forward makes one want to be a better person. The characters are wonderful, the plot is great it makes you want to keep reading. You don't want to read the ending in public, it's a real tearjerker!

This book was a delight to read because of its idealic hopefulness. Although it pulled on my heart strings, it's characters' lack motivation, particularly concerning the Mother and Teacher's relationship. It's idea is worth the read but be prepared for a story rather than a novel.