Novel Review For "Slam"

I read the novel "slam", with no idea what to expect. The book was luring and tempting to read. I never wanted to put it down. The witty comments made by the characters made the novel much more fun to read. I enjoyed the novel to no extent and wish it had continued for a while. The chapters were rather long, but it got the story's point across for that section,and made them much more comprehendable. The book was very easy to understand at first, but when the details started coming in and the climax came, you really needed to pay attention. So many different things happened. This makes the story have a parallel plot. This type of plot is easy to follow if you know what you're reading and take mental notes of the things that are taking place.

The story is about a boy named Sam who follows in the exact footsteps of his mother. She got pregnant with Sam at just sixteen and had a horrible relationship with his father that resulted in a later divorce that left Sam upset, confused, and lost. Sam met his girlfriend, Alicia, at a party his mother's friend was having. There he immediately fell for Alicia. She seemed like a snob and was very smart with Sam. She had no future plans for a career and she was just living each day as it came. She was a carefree spirit that had just lost a prior boyfriend because she wasn't ready to be intimate.

Until she met Sam, everything she believed in changed in the blink of an eye. She really had no morals set up and she didn't know where she was going to be a week from today. School really wasn't that important to her so she really lived lazily. Sam on the other hand had his future picked out but wasn't for sure what he wanted to do with a career. He wanted to go to college, get a degree and just live his life. He had past relationships with girls, but not intimate ones such as the one he developed with Alicia so quickly.

They began to get intimate whenever Sam came over Alicia's house. Then one day they forgot something and both of their lives went down hill from there. About three months later, Sam and Alicia had ended because Sam lost feelings. Alicia loved him though, but he didn't understand what love was and if he felt the same way. Alicia became pregnant and the months until their baby, Roof, odd name huh? , was born were complete and utter chaos. They weren't ready to raise a child, when they were just children themselves. They fought constantly but got back together when Alicia had her first ultra-sound.

Sam didn't love Alicia and was so confused about everything. He lied and told her he loved her when he didn't even think she was attractive anymore. Sam got whizzed around into the future when he fell asleep and everything that happened in the future happened to him when the time came. He changed a few things but the order still followed. Everything finally came together for the two. They raised roof together and became a good family none the less.