Throughout the book, the author either tries distractingly hard to make his metaphors original, or falls back on cliches.

This is particularly the case with Paul, whose 'chill' manner of speaking and awkward slang seems to be Dashner's effort to remind the reader that Paul is from California. Tick and the other characters never quite ring true as people Tick is a stereotype of a geeky kid, and the other characters come off as flat. My initial reaction to this book - that some of the ideas were original but that the writing was decidedly sub-par - was unfortunately accurate. Will you join Tick and his friends on an amazing journey through the Realities? What will your choice be? warns Tick, Very frightening things are coming your way. The first volume of an outstanding new children’s fantasy series, The Journal of Curious Letters is filled with adventure, humor, riddles, and, oh, yes - danger. sends to him? Will he be able to solve the riddles in time? Will Tick discover the life he was meant to live? Will Tick have the courage to follow the twelve clues M.G.

promises to send Tick twelve riddles that will reveal on a certain day, at a certain time, at a certain place, something extraordinary will happen. Postmarked from Alaska and cryptically signed with the initials “M.G.,” the letter informs Tick that dangerous - perhaps even deadly - events have been set in motion that could result in the destruction of reality itself.

Tick, is an average thirteen-year-old boy until the day a strange letter arrives in his mailbox. What if every time you made a choice that had a significant consequence, a new, alternate reality was created - the life that would’ve been had you made the other choice? What if those new realities were in danger? What if it fell to you to save all the realities?Ītticus Higginbottom, a.k.a.

The journal of curious letters