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The Window
by David Cole
on February 2, 2021
Genres: Young Adult
Pages: 170
Format: Kindle
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A dark window to the future…
Everything changed the day Brian Bingham looked out the attic window and saw something that wouldn't happen for another week. Through a mysterious window no one else can see, Brian gains a portal into the future. But the future is not always something he wants to see.
Brian has enough troubles in the present without worrying about the future. His parents are constantly fighting, his grades are plummeting, and his new relationship with Charlotte, a girl way out of his league, is in jeopardy.
When the window accurately predicts his best friend's brutal death, it becomes a battle between him and the window. It's Brian the window wants, offering him an escape from everything. But the escape might be permanent…
The Window by Dave Cole is about a teen boy navigating a difficult time in his life while also seeing things.
Can Brian alter what he has seen?
Brian Bingham
Brian Bingham comes to life as we navigate this story through his point-of-view and how ultimately that seeing a window in your attic where there was none means you shouldn’t look through it. He is just like any normal teenage boy that is fourteen. It’s Christmas time, and he is having some fun with his friends. Well, that is until he sees the window, and then everything starts to snowball out of Brian’s control slowly. I don’t think that I would be friends with Brian in real life if I saw him because he is not only shy, but he also seems to be depressed because of looking through the window.
The Story
The story basically revolves around Brian, who finds a window in his attic and looks through it to see something that isn’t there. Well, besides the fact that there is a window where there shouldn’t be one. If I were him, I wouldn’t have looked through it, and then maybe his best friend JK wouldn’t have died. There is a lot of things going on in this book. I like how Mr. Cole added laptops and phones, but since a teenager says “icebox,” it could be during anytime frame, which is pretty cool.
Three Stars
I am giving three stars to The Window by Dave Cole and recommending it to those who like reading something weird. The Window by Dave Cole is not one that I would normally think a young adult would read because of the whole window thing that shows him the future.
Thank you for dropping by! I hope you enjoyed this review of The Window by Dave Cole.
Until the next time,
Happy Reading!
About David Cole
Dave is from St. Louis and has a degree in Computer Science. He is the author of The Math Kids series for middle grade readers. When he is not designing data center management software, he is usually reading, writing, or coaching elementary school math teams. He loves writing and his wife loves that he has found a hobby that doesn’t cost money!
Reading this book contributed to these challenges:
- 2021 Goodreads Reading Challenge
- 2021 New Release Reading Challenge
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