House of the Scorpion Review

Matt lives on a strip of land, called Opium, between Mexico (which is called Aztlan) and the United States. El Patron, also known as Matteo Alacran, rules the state. Matt, he's the clone of El Patron. He has many difficulties through his life living in Opium. He faces never-ending hardship until one day a life-changing event happened in the state Opium.

House of The Scorpion was a twisted weird story. But overall it was a great novel. Nancy Farmer was a great descriptive writer; she really developed the setting and the characters throughout the novel. Two of my favorite characters of all time in the book are Tam Lin and Felicia. I thought that she really hid Felicia's character really well and then after, it was just BOOM! It was an event that changed my thoughts on her, I thought that she was a really wicked person and she was someone that I wanted to know more about. Tam Lin on the other hand, I just thought that his personality was great. He sounded like a really cool guy. Every single character in the book in my opinion, was well written about. They were all very well told about, I think that their personality was showed uniquely. Their actions they made throughout the story really showed everything about them.

The plot at the end was a little bit disappointing though. I thought that after El Patron died, everything was going fine and it was really exciting. But then all of a sudden he just gets back to Opium after meeting Maria's mom in San Luis, and it just ended. I thought that there was going to be this breath-taking ending. After El Patron died, the plot was getting really exciting, so I was a kind of disappointed with the ending. But the overall plot was just amazing. I really like the way it was told because it really sounded like it was real. Obviously it is a fictional story but it was told a very impressive way. I enjoyed the book very much and I'm glad that I read it. 

Overall the book was very good. I thought that the way she wrote was very descriptive and very vivid. I enjoyed the book because it was something that I wouldn't usually read. The book was twisted with many surprises. I would recommend this book to everyone. Of course there are some difficult words that I myself didn't know some. I think that this book would be more preferable for teenagers.