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Surfing: Not only a sport, but it’s a passion, lifestyle, love, hobby, and more. In Ventura there are many surfers and many great surf sports. This is the reason I chose the book __Riding High__ by John McLean. I found this to be a great novel, with many exciting parts to it. I loved how the reader would keep me hooked to the book and would keep the suspense hanging. Although the first couple pages were very slow and boring, the rest of the book definitely made up for that. I loved how descriptive the author is about everything. Whether it’s the look of the day, being inside a wave, or the look of him riding his motorcycle, it felt like you were there. This book was great in every aspect I think. Also, it interested me more, because I love to surf and it really focused on the surfer’s lifestyle. But, don’t worry even if you do not surf I am sure you’d find this book intriguing. Now, there was very few bad parts to this book. The main thing that may have weighed it down a bit was the slow first 10 pages. What should have taken me 15 minutes took me about an hour because I got so bored and my mind would drift somewhere else, and I would have no idea what I just read. I’m sure anyone who reads has had this happen to them at least a few times. But, other than that there was one more thing, which was how it took a while to get to the climax, although this was not a big deal in my opinion. Other than this, there was nothing more that I could find wrong with the book and all together it was great. If I could rate this book anywhere from a 1-10, I would give it a 9.0. This is close to one of the best books I have read. I found that instead of watching T.V. I would just go read. This book is not only about surfing at all, but is a great story and I won’t ruin it for you. I recommend you go read this book and you will not be disappointed at all. In the end, the book was great. It had many climaxes to it along with many exciting events. Also, it was very easy to comprehend and basically anyone could read this no matter how young or old you are I would recommend this to anyone. So if you are looking to look for a good exciting book that really goes into the true meaning of life then I recommend that you pick up this book.