A BOOK REVIEW

NAME : SHAMITA DIYA DAVID

CLASS : 2 MERANTI
TEACHERS NAME : PUAN SELVAMANY
SCHOOLS NAME : SMK (P) SRI AMAN

CONTENT

TITLE OF BOOK ( with cover front and back )

SYNOPSIS

CHARACTERS AND CHARACTERISTICS

MESSAGES IMPLIED (moral values )

IF YOU ARE THE WRITER , HOW WOULD YOU END THE STORY?

CRITICS CORNER (positive/ negative)

THE TITLE
OF
THE

TITLE OF THE BOOK : MAYBE ONE DAY

THE COVER OF THE BOOK

SYNOPSI
S

SYNOPSIS

Zoe and Olivia has been best friend for a very long time and do almost
everything together. They have planned to tour the world as prima ballerinas
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and many more. They both are also very close to the cheerleaders in their
school and would maybe join the squad. Besides, Olivia has a crush on a boy
name Calvin Taylor who Zoe really hated as he ruin a first date with one of
guys from her school. Zoe cant stand how Olivia is so obsessed with Calvin
and couldnt imagine anything worst happening.
Until , Olivia falls really sick and is said to have leukimia, cancer that usually
begins in the bone marrow and results in high numbers of abnormal white
blood cells. Olivia misses months of school and Zoe has to hope and have
faith that her best friend could fight this disease which is killing her friend.
Things get even worse when Zoe falls in love with Calvin and lies to Olivia.
The only thing that keeps Zoe moving is knowing that her best friend is going
to beat this disease and everything would go back as it used to be.
Unfortunately Zoe was wrong, Olivia died after falling very ill. Zoe could not
imagine life with her best friend who means the whole world to her.

CHARACTERS
AND
CHARACTERISTIC

ZOE
Shes that girl who is alone in the crowd. She cares so incredibly deeply for
her best friend. She does some things that make me cringe and that seem
horrible like wishing it was Jake ( Olivias brother ) who had leukemia
instead of Olivia, its grief and sorrow, that kind of thing will happen when you
are extremely upset.

Olivia
Shes kind and gentle. Shes the sort of person that you just read the bad
news about and then feel like youve been brought to your knees. Shes
effortless to care about. I felt like she was my best friend too,the way she
treated Zoe

Calvin
Hes a genuinely good guy and one who is also deeply hurting over Olivias
pain. He really was very caring to Zoe. He also understands how Zoe felt after
Olivias death and he tries his best to help her through.

MESSAGE IMPLIED
(MORAL VALUES )

TRUE FRIENDSHIP
Zoe and Olivia has been best friends for a very long time. They have helped
each other through ups and downs and are always there when they are most
needed. Zoe will also remember Olivia for the rest of her life as she is and will
always be one of the most meaningful person to her.

KIND HEARTEDNESS

Calvin was very kind and helpful to Jake (Olivias brother) by helping him to
send his sister to the hospital. Besides,Calvin also helped Zoe with what she
was going through to accept the fact that her best friend is dead.

FORGIVE
Olivia forgave Zoe even though she lied to her and did not tell her the truth
after a long time.

BE WILLING TO SERVE
Zoe help to teach Olivias ballet classes when Olivia was very sick and ill and
needed Zoe to do it for her.

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IF YOU ARE A
WRITER, HOW
WOULD YOU END
THE STORY?

I would have wanted them to be popular in their school as they were suppose to join
the cheerleaders squad. But the main part that I would want change in this book is
to end it by making sure that Olivia does not die, and she would be cancer-free after
the chemotherapy and things could go back as usual. Zoe and Olivia could stay best
friends till the future and travel the world together as Prima Ballerinas. Besides, they
could go on holidays ,camping and many more activities together. I would also want
them to get a promotion to Europe as professional ballerina and be great ballerina
teachers together as a team.
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CRITICS
CORNER

In my opinion this book was

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Positive
We're not going to be dancers, but one day our lives are going to be amazing,
Zoe. Totally amazing.

Where do I even start. I dont cry when I read books I just dont. I may feel sad and
all melancholy for a bit, but I can count on one hand how many books Ive read
where tears were involved. This is now one of them. If you go into this book
expecting it to be a book about cancer, well its notnot really. At least it wasnt for
me. Instead, its about friendship, its about love, its about sisterhood and its about
growing up and dealing with the shitty things that life sends your way. Cancer just
happens to be one of those shitty things.
Olivia and Zoe have been best friends since the day Olivia asked for help with a
barrette before a dance recital. Thirteen years of growing up together, having each
others backs and basically becoming sisters have passed. So when Olivia gets a
diagnosis that rocks their world, Zoe is determined to be there for her with positivity
and support.Its hard not to take a book like this personallyto turn page after page
and not feel every emotion that these characters are going through because almost
all of us know someone who has been affected by cancer. What I found unique
about this story was that we see everything from Zoes point of view. We see her
dealing with and watching her friend be ravaged by something that she cant do a
single thing about, and that has to be one of the hardest things to accept.

What I loved the most about this story was that the bare bones of it, despite
everything going on around these characters, is about friendship and how amazing it
is. Its lovely to see a book that focuses on positive relationships and shows us
characters who love each other unconditionally, yeah they may get mad at each
other, but at the end of the day that doesnt change their love for each other. It was
also amazing to see the support system for these girls. Not only their parents,
because they were a big part of it, but the other girls at school. Zoe never really
formed that true friendship connection with many other girls but regardless, there
wasnt a mean girl in the bunch, which in itself was refreshing to see. Mia and Stacey
and even Emma while secondary characters to the main friendship were absolutely a
positive addition to the story, and I especially loved Mias tenacity and determination
to not let Zoe push her away permanently. I mentioned the parents above, and I
have to say they were wonderfully done here. Zoes parents in that they offered Zoe
someone to share her frustrations and disappointments with and yet they still were
able to give her some good advice Its a marathon, not a sprint. that we saw her
use later on. We also got to see quite a bit of Olivias parents the effect from Zoes
point of view that the illness was having on them, not only as a family, but as a

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couple. The stress it was having on their relationship and the different thoughts on
how best to care for Olivia seen from Zoes eyes was enlightening.

And yes, there was a teeny tiny bit of a romance and Im not even sure I would call
it that, but I have to say that I loved how patient and understanding Calvin was with
Zoe. At times she may have been using him as an outlet to forget all the bad things
going on, but I have to commend the maturity that he was written with, because
despite Zoe being all over the place emotionally, he never really gives up on her and
if it came down to it, he would and will be there for her in a heartbeat when she
needs him. And I think Kantor uses that to show us that life goes on, the world
continues to spin and things continue to happen even though all we may want to do
is freeze time and stop to cherish everything weve had, I just wish that she had
pushed herself to let Calvin in a bit more. However, we would have missed Zoes
character growth had she done that her realizations that there is hope for some
happiness and a future and its okay to lean on others when you need to are
wonderful to see.

NEGATIVE

Gah! I hate how romance has come to be an almost mandatory part of every book.
So much so, that sometimes I feel like it takes away from the central plot and
becomes distracting, and thats just sad. Not every book needs a love story, you
know.

Im sorry you didnt enjoy Maybe One Day more, but Id be lying if I said Im not kind
of relieved, seeing a slightly negative review for it. Im currently reading a book that
almost everybody I know has loved, but I just cant seem to get into it, and Ive been
debating over how to write a negative review for such a well-loved book. And now I
know.

Reference : http://www.paperiot.com/2014/02/review-maybe-one-day/

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