Being by Kevin Brooks

This book was good and horrible all at the same time. I really enjoyed the "voice" of the main character, Robert. I totally bought him as a typical kid. I also kind of loved Eddie, she was all sorts of messed up but still likable. It really was a shame how the book ended...

Basically Robert has found out some surprising and dangerous information about himself. He's on the run from who knows what kind of guys in suits and just can't understand how this is happening to him. The title of the book suggests that this will be a story about something/someone that is other than human. Which is true. But that whole idea never gets resolved! At the end of the book Robert, and the reader, are no closer to figuring out what he is than at the beginning of the story! Which makes for a VERY disappointing ending. But despite the fact that the ending of this book was HORRIBLE I still have to give it four out of five stars. Why, you ask? Because I loved Robert. He was a great character; likable, funny, normal.