The Black Pearl

The black pearl was a good book with many surprises and sometimes confusing. Overall it was a good book. And I really like Scott o' dell; the he rights puts the story so the reader can see it all, from the very beginning to the very last period.

"The Black Pearl," written by Scott O'Dell is somewhat of a very dull book, that is not able to catch the readers attention. Scott O' Dell has failed to create the same kind of enthusiasm as he did for "Island of the Blue Dolphins." It also borrows very obviously from Steinbdck's-"The Pearl,"--even the scene with the crooked pearl dealers is very similar. Overall its not much of a great book...

There is this boy called Ramon. He finds the great pearl of heaven. His friends say to throw the pearl because it will create trouble. It does create trouble when Ramon's father doesn't come back from pearl diving. Read the book to find out more. I like the book in the beginning but at the end it getts a bit dull. The events the author chose weren't as interesting as in the beginning. So the end was a bit boring.

And wasn't it awful. Slow, nonsensical, not to mention boring....

Basically, it's about a poor guy who finds a black pearl. And then bad stuff happens. That is all the book is about. No sub-plot, no nothing. To be honest, the best bit was when the main character's baby gets shot and dies.

The book (about 70 pages long, to be honest I can't remember. I don't want to remember) is really slow to start with, and stays that way until the last 10 pages where a million things happen at once. It is way too descriptive, and nothing remotely interesting happens. And then it just ends. It was really empty.

I have read other "Classics" such as War of the Worlds, Animal Farm, Lord Of The Flies, etc, all of which had more substance and staying power than this.

The Black Pearl was a very exciting, yet unusual book.It is about a 16 year old boy named, Ramon Salazar, and it is very similar to the book Robinson Crusoe. He soons learns about who's his enemy and who's his friend. he then gets interested in pearling and you should read more to find out what happens.

Ramon found the fabulous Pearl of Heaven, but all it earned him was powerful enemies: one human, the other the notorious monster devilfish, The Manta Diablo, which guarded those waters. The story elements, rythmic writing, and the gravity of tone induce comparison to classic myth.