Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha

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Summary: Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha
Review: Few writers can capture the mind of a ten year old within the pages of a book. However, Roddy Doyle does it, and he does it well. Prepare for a ride into the world of random thoughts and childish dreams. Laughter, frustration, sympathy and a surprise ending are all woven into a wonderful story that never ceases to amaze and amuse its reader. It is a constant reminder that children can know more than we think they do, but they prefer to dream as well. Read this book and travel back to your childhood with Paddy Clarke as he walks the road of growing up.

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Summary: Ending left me hanging
Review: Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha deserves four stars for its great description of a child who, through experience, grows faster than his age. Doyle did an exceptional job of capturing the life of a ten year old. The book is written in a ten year old's "voice" including short sentences and many vingnettes. But it feels as if you are right there with Paddy, observing the same things, from fighting with his friends to watching his parents fight.
I enjoyed reading this book but I have to say the ending although well written, was a short stop. It left me feeling incomplete, wondering what would've happened next. At the same time, Doyle did conclude the story at an interesting place that worked and that I liked but left me not knowing what to do next.

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Summary: Transofrmation from childhood to adulthood...
Review: Paddy Clark Ha Ha Ha, is an excelent book writin from the view point of a ten year old boy in Northern Ireland. In the begining of the book there is nothing extreemly facinating about Paddy, he is just a typical boy who is extreemly mischevious and has a ma and a da that love him very much. However, thought the book Patty is faced with family and friend hardships that force him to mature faster than most boys his age. This no longer makes him normal... but now has he reached a nother level of maturuty? (where he rises above the boys and now is a young man?)

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Summary: twas intriguing
Review: Roddy Doyle did a fantastic job on the not so easy task of getting inside a young boy's head in the novel Paddy Clarke HaHaHa. I really enjoyed this book because i was able to make strong connections between my childhood characteristics and Paddy's. It was very interesting to see Paddy's relationships with different people in his life and how he dealt with the hradships that were thrown at him. Paddy also evolved alot as a person throughout this book. He learned alot about himself through his relations with others and become a more conscious young man, a very old 10 yr old. Overall, Paddy Clarke was a very intriuging book, although it was solw in some parts. I do believe that in order to really enjoy this reading you must have a very imaginative and playfull mind.

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Summary: Touching...
Review: Roddy Doyle does an amazing job of staying in a child's perspective, while evolving the character, the child, into something more than a kid, and more of a person. The reader feels connected with Paddy, the main character, but at the same time feels sorry for him because the reader understands more of what Paddy is seeing. There are moments throughout the book that are poignant representations of childhood, that hold no nostalgia for Paddy, but the older reader can see traces of their childhood in them. All in all, a good, light read with strong emotions, though the first hundered pages or so are kind of uneventful. Stick with it - the middle, what Paddy goes through and how he changes, redeems it all.

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Summary: Review
Review: Roddy Doyle tells the story of a young boy named Paddy Clarke who experiences the advantages and disadvantages of childhood. Throughout the book, the things that Paddy did not think too much of, such as his mother and father arguing, or paying attention in class, becomes more important to him, as the things that Paddy seemed to think were very important soon started to fade, one example being his concern of Kevin's opinion of everything. Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha, is overall an exceptional work of art created through the eyes of a 10 year old.

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Summary: Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha Review
Review: Paddy Clarke ha ha ha, is the story of a boy who is ten, and his adventures in life. The book shows how he developes from a boy into a teen, and how his cares change dramatically when his enviroment is suddnly changes. The plot helps us relate to Paddy, and the problems that he delt with, because everyone delt with leaving the oblivion of childhood, and moving into a life of worry. Paddy in the biginning wants to be a hero like his dad, or individuals he has heard about, but then he finds out heros are not all that they are cracked up to be. He learns that being a hero is something that does not make you cool, it can even make you uncool. This is a book about growth, heartbreak, and acceptance of the truth.

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Summary: Irish life and Comedy
Review: The book Paddy Clark, Ha Ha Ha, accuratly portrays and shows the everyday life and struggles of a ten year old boy growing up in Ireland. When reading this, you will think the auther is ten years old himself because Doyle amazingly was able to express the same thoughts and ideas in the voice of a ten year old. While there is much comic relief, the book makes you think and further explore the idea of power dynamics between family and friends. Paddy Clark, Ha Ha Ha will make you laugh out loud.

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Summary: Childhood memories
Review: In Doyle's novel Paddy Clarke Hahaha, childhood memories are well captured in the voice of a ten year old boy. Throughout the book, change in Paddy's voice is well presented in comparison to his experinces with his parents and peers.
It may feel like a child's story in the beginning may seems somewhat boring but as you read more, the novel really gets into Paddy's changes during his childhood.
Doyle does a good job on writing the novel in a child's voice. Overall, it is a relaxing book to read.

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Summary: A look into a young boy's world
Review: "Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha" is a heartfelt tale of a 10-year-old boy's transition from childhood into adolescence. His simplistic and untainted view of the world takes you back to the days of childhood. Paddy's adventures with his friends in small Barrytown Ireland are quite similar to many chilhood experiences. He spends more time romping around with his friends than he does at home, and he is often cruel to his little brother Sinbad. Your typical young boy. However as the book progresses you see Paddy change, he learns more about the world and starts to lose his child-like perspective.

Roddy Doyle is a master at capturing the thoughts and feelings of Paddy and the reader finds himself caught up in Paddy's world. Not a life-altering book, but a refreshing look back at childhood.