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Title: a boy i once knew....
Review: A large brown box appears on the doorstep of teacher, Elizabeth Stone's front door. Inside she would find the journals and inner workings of former student, former human being, former AIDS patient; Vincent.This book was extremely slow going. I felt that it asked too may questions and sort of implied the story rather than to tell it. Yes I am aware that Miss. Stone only had the journals as a reference yet I still believe this work could have been executed in a way as to end up with a much more impressive piece of writing.In reading "A Boy I Once Knew," I also came across a variety of typos and errors thus proving the type of effort that went into the book.Stone also seemed to focus much more on her life than Vincent's, the one she meant to be preserved.When I look at this book as a whole I can't help but wonder if Vincent was made into the person he wanted the world to know. But, at the same time, I don't know if we were properly "introduced".
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