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I read this book back when I was in 7th grade and really enjoyed it. From what I remember it still seems like a great concept so I figured I would give it a read through again (being 22 now)


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Martyn Pig Kevin Brooks Books Reviews

Martyn Pig is swimming in an unbearable life. It's not enough that the kids at school make pork jokes, he has to come home afterwards and deal with his alcoholic father and the fact that his mother left years ago. There's his awful Aunty Jean, who is out to try to prove that Martyn's father is unfit and to get Martyn to live with her. To add insult to injury, he has a crush on his neighbor, Alex, who's dating a real creep named Dean. Things can't get any worse, right?
The week before Christmas, Martyn's father dies accidentally. Martyn could go to the police, but he also knows there's a good chance the police will accuse him of committing foul play. On the other hand, he can't just leave the body there to rot. He ends up conspiring with Alex to hide the body, which leads to even more deception, confusion, and intrigue.
Mystery fans will welcome this first offering from British author Kevin Brooks. Martyn is believable as the unwilling introspective loner, but by far the most interesting character is Alex, who shields her true self from Martyn and consequently the reader. The one complaint is that this book seems to have been unsuccessfully doctored to make it "understandable" to Americans. The conversations are filled with British phrases like "bloody awful," but money is discussed in terms of dollars rather than pounds. Overlooking these inconsistencies, Martyn Pig is sure to appeal to those interested in eliminating the impossible, looking over the improbable remains and finding the truth.
I read Martyn Pig from beginning to end in a brethless rush. It was a suspense novel with the perfect mix of black comedy and teen elements thrown in. The story chronicles a teenage boy, Martyn, dealing with his father's sudden death. Martyn's dad was a runthless abusive drunk, so the death dosen't really upset him at first. After weaving a web of lies to cover up what really happened, Martyn and his friend Alex find themselves caught up in a mystery much like the dective stories Martyn loves so much. It's an intricately woven book that you won't forget long after you put it down. Brooks writes with much honesty and intregity, making it feel like you're in right in the story. From the beginning to the end the book is facinating and memorable.
This story is about a boy named Martyn Pig who lives with his father and does not know or remember his mother. Martyn's father is a horribly mean father who gets drunk every night and occasionally hits his son. One night when he is drunk Martyn pushes his drunken father causing his father to loose balance, fall over and crack his skull and die. Martyn freaks out and decides not to tell the police but to tell the neighbor girl, whom he has a crush on, what happened to his father and together they decide to hide the body. This story is really SLOW at the beginning and then it starts to speed up and get better after the first 170 pages. Not as good as Lucas but its not horrible either. But I do recommend checking out this book at the library before buying it.
I enjoyed this book, oddly enough. It was so out of the ordinary that I feel in love with. Who knows why?

Anyway, the book it about Martyn Pig and what happen late one night. I know, charming name, really. He's a boy that loves a good murder mystery and likes everything neat and clean. Any-woo, his mom left him and his father a long time ago and pretty much after that, his father has been a drunk, an abusive, rude, uncaring drunk. Martyn has ignored it for a long time and has just dealt with it, but when he accidentally kills his father things get hard and scary quick. One of his friends, Alex, ends up finding out and then so does her stupid boyfriend, Dean. Dean finds a way to black mail Martyn for his father's money, but Martyn isn't stupid. He thinks of a plan, and almost thinks it works. But it doesn't because someone he thought was his friend betrays him, Alex. Through out this book Martyn shows his feelings towards Alex but with her betraying him, he has to think of a new plan and quickly. Even without his best friends at his side.

I really loved this book and I knew nothing about this book until I saw it at my local library. I'd never even heard of the author, but I'm glad I did seek it out. It was an amazing story with a different look on life. I thought it was interesting to life Martyn life through out this time. I loved it.
Kevin Brooks is a highly praised children's author and I read this book because a young friend was reading it for GCSE English Literature. My 16 year old friend said he found it depressing and I regret to say that I agreed with him. HOWEVER this maybe because the story centres on the disposal of the body of a dead father and spares very little physical detail. My friend lost his father a year ago and I know I won't ever forget the sight of a much loved body from which the life has gone. This may have skewed both his and my reading. The father in the story is not an attractive character and perhaps it's a tribute to Kevin Brooks's writing that we disliked the descriptions so much. I did wonder, however, what it was doing on an exam syllabus.
I read this book back when I was in 7th grade and really enjoyed it. From what I remember it still seems like a great concept so I figured I would give it a read through again (being 22 now)