The Story of My Life

by Anne Cassidy

It's life or death: his or yours. Tonight, Kenny is looking for Tommy Fortune. If he finds him, Tommy will be silenced, perhaps for ever. Kenny's not a bad guy. So where did it all go wrong? This is going to be the longest night of Kenny's life.

Genres: Young Adult, Fiction, Thriller, Realistic Fiction

224 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2006

Reviews

[Nisa Greennnpanda · Rating 1 out of 5]

Rating: 1 star

Sorry, I had to force myself to finish this book. For a book that is probably marketed for young readers, teenagers, and young adults, (NOT adults), I would never want my child/ren to be reading about a guy sitting atop a girl doing obscene stuff. That just kills my mood. Plus, the plot did not seem appealing to me. I'm sorry, Anne Cassidy; not all of your books are likeable.

[K. · Rating 2 out of 5]

Content warnings: cheating, assault, attempted murder

This committed the cardinal sin for a crime novel: it was boring.

Like, I haven't enjoyed the past few books I've read by Cassidy, but at least they've been fast paced and full of drama. This was just..........a teenage boy sleeping with his brother's girlfriend and occasionally answering text messages in full sentences with full punctuation, something that absolutely never happened in 2006 because we were all still using T9 texting and they were limited to 160 characters.

I get what Cassidy was trying to do, I really do. But what I remember of this book is the main character riding the Docklands Light Rail, and that shouldn't be my take away memory from a crime book.

[Sarah Elizabeth · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was okay, but the end was a bit of a non-end. After what had happened, Mack was definitely going to be after Kenny.

* Kenny meets a man called Mack, but he isn't what he seems. His mate Spencer tells Kenny that he saw Mack kill a guy once, and that he still carries around the bloody top he wore at the time in his boot.
* Kenny is pushed around by a boy called Jon at the train station. Mack picks him up, and tells Kenny to beat him up (as his birthday present 😯). Kenny half-heartedly pushes him, so Mack proceeds to beat him up and kills him. They leave the body where it is.
* Mack is then blackmailed by a boy called Tommy who knew that Jon had gone off in mack's car. He asks for £5000 cash, then another £5,000, then £10,000. Mack tells Kenny to bring Tommy to him by 6am or else.
* Kenny eventually finds Tommy and takes him to the meeting place but is worried when he sees Mack has a knife. He tells Tommy to run. Mack start on Kenny, but Kenny's brother and girlfriend turn up and mack doesn't want witnesses.
* Kenny then sends a letter to the police explaining what Mack did.

[Genevieve · Rating 3 out of 5]

The beginning of this book was very slow but the second half was a bit better, though, through this whole book I was forcing myself to finish it. It was quite inappropriate and didn’t have a great plot. I would not recommend this book.

[Sophie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting concept, very experimental to have a whole novel take place over the place of less than 12 hours but have so much backstory. Not a HUGE fan, but an interesting piece of literature

[Lottie · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was alright tbh bit boring and confusing. Disappointin read

[Herapia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Category: A book with a male main character.
I had my eye on this book for a while after hearing from a friend that it was good. This story was so original and I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. Wow! I love her stories, they are so different and memorable. I loved this story because, just like her other novels, everything was unexpected and surprising. It's a story about a young man who faces many hardships throughout life just like anyone else. Although it is a story unlike any other. All of her books are amazing and speak so truthfully. I had a blast reading and so will you.

[Derek · Rating 3 out of 5]

This story of two brothers, who have very contrasting lives, slowly and gradually builds to an enthralling ending. Anne Cassidy's skill at keeping the reader on edge, made this story interesting to the very end.........and it also left me to consider, would I have acted differently in that situation?

[Nu Rave jago kaiser forever · Rating 1 out of 5]

An absolutley apauling book, it basically leads to something all the way through and that something is a rubbish something and the leading was done ok, i wouldn't bother reading it.

[LauLau']

I diidnt Like This Book Very Much..

[Jacki]

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[codi · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my favourite books by Anne Cassidy. It is well written and the plot is very well done.

[Kat · Rating 3 out of 5]

The first half of the book was just trying to find out what happened. Pretty boring. The second half was more interesting but I still wouldn't recommend it.