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Saturday, December 29, 2007

So the Drama... Drama Club!



THE FALL MUSICAL & THE BIG PRODUCTION
Drama Club Series by Peter Lerangis
Reviewed by Kevin Ferral

The DRAMA CLUB series is definitly for the 10-17 crowd. Lovers of teen love stories, drama, or passionate in reading will enjoy these stories. The humor is witty, flashy sentence structure and speech to boggle the Gilmore Girls, and unique charcters provide an enjoyable experience. Sadly, I must say realistically, this book [might] be missed,...for the typical passerby in a library or store it will most likely happen [as it] isn't a noticable piece of work (and probably is overshadowed by the flashier High School Musical series from Disney).

THE FALL MUSICAL (Drama Club) The first book is told from the perspective of the new girl in town, which is the best way to approach the DC(or Drama Club in the book's jargon. Doing so places the character in the shoes of the reader. The two, you and the main character, view a new place, people, and situations which is a refreshing way to begin a story. But that doesn't neglect an underlining annoyance brought on by the unknown past of the main character. The main character, Casey, comes to the school to escape her past, but the reader doesn't find out why exactly until later. The suspense comes from periodic mentioning of her disturbed past and how it affects her without revealing too much. Granted, later in the story, a great catharsis of the main character is made, but that doesn't make up for the irritation experienced early on. Throughout the story there are numerous humorous moments, awes, and, of course, DRAMA. A typical teen/tween book set in high school life.



THE BIG PRODUCTION (Drama Club) is the second story tells from the previous main character's major influence into the DC, but sadly the previous main character has a minor role. The story has the same key enjoyable humor set in the previous installment, but emphasizes more on other characters' drama and development. The middle of the piece's mood is darker and gloomier. An introduction of typical teen temptations sets in with parents, crushes, drugs, and the stress of life. Everything we've seen, or rather read in this scenario, before.
But don't get me wrong, this is a great book. Something I encourage others to read.

The characters of DRAMA CLUB by Peter Lerangis are lovable and indeed have development, but lack essential originality. Luckily the series narrates from different charcter viewpoints, and this provides different preferable styles of writing that will appeal to the masses.

Drama Club: The Big Production and The Fall Musical are available now at Amazon.com

Learn more about Peter Lerangis.

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