Have you ever read a book that you are always eager to read, and never wanting to avert your eyes from the book? That’s how I would describe my time reading the book Night Hoops by Carl Deuker. Although I don’t like to read regularly, Night Hoops by Carl Deuker was one of the greatest books I have ever read. I had many things that I liked about the book and many times I felt connected to the main character Nick in the book There were a few things that I didn’t like about the book. The book is about a high school sophomore boy named Nick Abbot who wants to prove that he is good enough to be on the varsity basketball team all the while dealing with his parents' divorce, his eccentric neighbor Trent, and his ineffectual brother Scott.
I enjoyed many things about the book Night Hoops. Some of the things that I liked about the book was the story was about basketball, it had suspense, and the book wasn’t tough to understand. I liked
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The event I disliked the most was Scott quitting basketball. I didn’t like this because I wanted to see Nick and his brother play together on the same team because then I don’t think that their parents would have gotten divorced. Another thing I didn’t like about the book is that Nick’s parents left each other. If that didn’t happen then Nick would’ve been closer to his dad so he could get better at basketball all the time. The last thing I didn’t like about the book is that the reader never got to meet Nick’s Dad’s girlfriend. I wanted that to happen so that we could learn more about Nick’s Dad to see why he already has a girlfriend after recently getting divorced. As a matter of fact, maybe this would have made Nick have more closure so he wouldn’t be as worried about the divorce and be more focused on school and basketball. Overall the book had a few flaws that could have been fixed, but they were big enough flaws to change how good the book