Boekverslag: Judith and Spider
Genre: Adventure.
Explaining genre: The two main characters are passing a lot of thing together and they used to be very exciting.
Time and place: The story’s set in today in January in Dublin.
The principal characters.
Se?n-Spider-O’brien: The whole story is about him. A half-year ago Judith ran away from home and turned up by Spider and now they’re together again. Spider’s already from when he was a teenager kicked out of the house and since that moment he lived on the street. He’s some- body who always passes many adventures, but he knows how to handle them well.
Judith Maxwell: She’s the one who ran away from home and met Spider again discovering that she has destroyed his life... Judith’s, in opposed to Spider, very tidy and rich. She looks for adventure too, but in an other way as Spider does. Judith is very nice, but also very curious.
Summary:
It all starts on Saturday, 16th January when Judith meets Spider again after 6 months. While they’re eating some food in a restaurant Spider’s worst enemies see them together and are convinced that they’re going to get him this time. When they’re leaving the restaurant, The Ryans, because that’s their nickname, are chasing them. By the way the names of The Ryans are father Joe, sister Kathleen, brother Mickser and brother Jed. When Spider notices that they’re be chased, they run away through the whole city and finally went to Judith’s home to get washed up and stay the for night. This was very easy because Judith’s parents weren’t home and Judith slept at a girlfriend’s. But The Ryans chased them and waited for them in front of the house ‘till they get out. The next morning they escaped successfully at the back of the house, but now they were alone in the big city, with some pence and no food. Fortunately Spider had some connections and knows places to stay for the night. In the meantime the police was also looking for them, but they went to the DART station, because the police wouldn’t look after them there. They went on the DART and came out on the other side of the city, a long way from home. When it got colder, they went to an empty house in that neighborhood and spent the night there. The following day they went to an old friend of Spider, who was selling information. First he didn’t want to tell them, but when Judith gave him a necklace he told them that The Ryans would get rid of him by killing him (this is because he once drove their van to pieces). And as bonus he tells them that The Ryans are due to hit a warehouse that night. Spider thinks of catching The Ryans, so he can proof to the police that he is innocent. For that job he steals a car, so they can follow The Ryans. If they’re that night standing near to the warehouse Spider is looking for them and finds them, stealing televisions and videos. When Judith’s out of patience, she goes to get Spider, but she treatises herself and gets caught by The Ryans. Spider could get nearly away, but now The Ryans had Judith and they demanded ransom on Spider’s name. Finally Spider had called Mr. Maxwell and he, Spider, a private detective and four large man went to go “visiting” Tyrell (the man who was selling information). After a little “insistence” he said where The Ryans were hiding them, so they went to that address. When they arrived there, Spider went to see if they were in there and he had luck! They were there all together with Judith, so the rest was very easy: the four large man caught The four Ryans and the police took them to jail, where they were going to stay for a long, long time. And Spider? Thanks to Mr. Maxwell’s money and connections he was a free man and is now looking for a job. And last but not least Judith, who lives at home again. By the way, a few weeks after all had happened Judith got the necklace, which she had swopped for the information back.
The end.
My opinion: It was an easy book to read, and there were several moments of real tension, and you could easily follow the story. I think it’s very realistic and surely a great must.
Explaining genre: The two main characters are passing a lot of thing together and they used to be very exciting.
Time and place: The story’s set in today in January in Dublin.
The principal characters.
Se?n-Spider-O’brien: The whole story is about him. A half-year ago Judith ran away from home and turned up by Spider and now they’re together again. Spider’s already from when he was a teenager kicked out of the house and since that moment he lived on the street. He’s some- body who always passes many adventures, but he knows how to handle them well.
Judith Maxwell: She’s the one who ran away from home and met Spider again discovering that she has destroyed his life... Judith’s, in opposed to Spider, very tidy and rich. She looks for adventure too, but in an other way as Spider does. Judith is very nice, but also very curious.
Summary:
It all starts on Saturday, 16th January when Judith meets Spider again after 6 months. While they’re eating some food in a restaurant Spider’s worst enemies see them together and are convinced that they’re going to get him this time. When they’re leaving the restaurant, The Ryans, because that’s their nickname, are chasing them. By the way the names of The Ryans are father Joe, sister Kathleen, brother Mickser and brother Jed. When Spider notices that they’re be chased, they run away through the whole city and finally went to Judith’s home to get washed up and stay the for night. This was very easy because Judith’s parents weren’t home and Judith slept at a girlfriend’s. But The Ryans chased them and waited for them in front of the house ‘till they get out. The next morning they escaped successfully at the back of the house, but now they were alone in the big city, with some pence and no food. Fortunately Spider had some connections and knows places to stay for the night. In the meantime the police was also looking for them, but they went to the DART station, because the police wouldn’t look after them there. They went on the DART and came out on the other side of the city, a long way from home. When it got colder, they went to an empty house in that neighborhood and spent the night there. The following day they went to an old friend of Spider, who was selling information. First he didn’t want to tell them, but when Judith gave him a necklace he told them that The Ryans would get rid of him by killing him (this is because he once drove their van to pieces). And as bonus he tells them that The Ryans are due to hit a warehouse that night. Spider thinks of catching The Ryans, so he can proof to the police that he is innocent. For that job he steals a car, so they can follow The Ryans. If they’re that night standing near to the warehouse Spider is looking for them and finds them, stealing televisions and videos. When Judith’s out of patience, she goes to get Spider, but she treatises herself and gets caught by The Ryans. Spider could get nearly away, but now The Ryans had Judith and they demanded ransom on Spider’s name. Finally Spider had called Mr. Maxwell and he, Spider, a private detective and four large man went to go “visiting” Tyrell (the man who was selling information). After a little “insistence” he said where The Ryans were hiding them, so they went to that address. When they arrived there, Spider went to see if they were in there and he had luck! They were there all together with Judith, so the rest was very easy: the four large man caught The four Ryans and the police took them to jail, where they were going to stay for a long, long time. And Spider? Thanks to Mr. Maxwell’s money and connections he was a free man and is now looking for a job. And last but not least Judith, who lives at home again. By the way, a few weeks after all had happened Judith got the necklace, which she had swopped for the information back.
The end.
My opinion: It was an easy book to read, and there were several moments of real tension, and you could easily follow the story. I think it’s very realistic and surely a great must.
