But will she emerge to clear his name? Does she even want to?Įdgy and gripping, Please Ignore Vera Dietz is an unforgettable novel: smart, funny, dramatic, and always surprising. So when Charlie dies in dark circumstances, Vera knows a lot more than anyone-the kids at school, his family, even the police. And over the years she’s kept a lot of his secrets.
Vera’s spent her whole life secretly in love with her best friend, Charlie Kahn. IsPublicPerformanceAllowed False languages SortTitle Please Ignore Vera Dietz images StarRating 4.1 title Please Ignore Vera Dietz crossRefId 468733 otherFormatIdentifiers It was okay but not great and I could have taken or left it.OverDrive Product Record id 0c2800c6-28ed-47f3-8560-9aaee9c01dad primar圜reator We first meet Vera Dietz when she is almost eighteen, a Senior at High School and working forty hours a week as a Pizza Delivery Technician. Even after he ruined everything.So when Charlie dies in dark circumstances, Vera knows a lot more than anyone - the kids at school, his family, even the police. However, I felt like I had read many similar stories before in many contemporary YA novels. Please Ignore Vera Dietz is the second novel by American author, A.S. Vera’s spent her whole life secretly in love with her best friend, Charlie Kahn. It just didn’t grab me like other AS King books have and didn’t make me feel wonder or just made me feel tired. It’s fine for what it is which is mainly a coming of age story in which Vera struggles with the tough life Charlie has faced and the fact that Vera and her family didn’t do anything to help or stop it. It also makes a strong commentary on people ignoring the misfortune or troubles of those around them in order to not “make waves”. This book is full of lots of high school drama and kids acting out. As part of this she is trying to uncover the secret as to why Charlie’s behavior became so self destructive towards the end of his life. In this book Vera is trying to recover after the death of her lifelong friend Charlie. Veras spent her whole life secretly in love with her best friend, Charlie Kahn.
I just felt that it was missing the special magical realism of King’s other books and thought the story was a bit boring and typical YA. King uses dark humor to explore themes of alienation, intervention and socio-economic class in a story that doesnt tread over the same old problem. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 9780375896170, 0375896171. Edgy and gripping, Please Ignore Vera Dietz is an unforgettable novel: smart, funny, dramatic, and always surprising. Many of then are hungry right now, while you're reading this. 47 of children in this town live below the poverty level. I have read and enjoyed a lot of AS King books I thought this was the weakest AS King book I had read. Please Ignore Vera Dietz takes place in your typical American town, albeit one with a high poverty rate and a real divide between the rich and the poor.
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