Book review - The Noticer

Hi all, I am sure that in this lock down we are all getting bored and don't have anything to do at our house, so why don't we read some books ? Here I have made an awesome review on this book, The Noticer. My name is Ayan Atmakuri and I study in 7th grade in Billabong high school Hadapsar in Pune, India. I have got an assignment to make a blog for the book we are reading, The Noticer. A noticer is someone who notices things in people, and in this book our noticer is a man named Jones. It is written by author Andy Andrews and basically is the true story of him. This book is really fun and I guarantee you that if you read this book you will definitely have fun. Till now we have read seven chapter of the book so I am going to review all the seven chapters, so let us get started !! 

In the first chapter, Andy tells us how he met Jones and how Jones helped him to be successful. Andy used to live under a pier near a beach and ate at a place called Sea n' Suds. Jones gave him some books about famous people like George Washington, Will Roger, Winston Churchill, etc. As Andy was thinking that he can't be successful, Jones gave him the books in which the people have been rejected and failed more than Andy, but still they did not give up. One thing I like about this chapter is the word choosing and the explanation and I am sure you would also love it. 

Now I am going to talk about the second chapter, which is my favourite chapter till now. In this Andy adds new characters, namely Barry and Jan Hanson. They were near to get a divorce but Jones helps them not to get divorced, let us see how he does it. Andy had become successful now, he was married and had two children but the only problem was that he didn't see Jones after becoming successful and was actually  double checking every old man he met. One fine day, Andy went to his regular lunch place, Sea n' Suds, yes he still ate at Sea n' Suds and its owner told him that Jones came here few minutes ago with his new friends, the Hansons. He turns sideways to see Jones at a table across him. He is so happy that he goes over there and hugs Jones, tells Jones that he got married and now has two children but almost everyone were getting freaked out in the restaurant because of his behaviour, especially the Hansons so Jones tells him to meet him at the pier. Jones and Andy meet and Jones tells Andy about his meeting with Jan and Barry. He tells them about there failing marriage. People use the phrase "failing marriage" when his/her spouse is a failure. As I wrote earlier, Jones stopped Barry and Jan to get divorced. This chapter actually is fully about the four types of dialects to show love. Barry wants the dialect of spoken words to be felt loved while Jan wants the dialect to do things to be felt loved. Their failing marriage was just a of misconception. In the end the Hansons are together. I told that there will be four dialects of love, but I have only typed two, why ? Well, for the other two dialects we need to read the third chapter but before that let me tell you why this chapter is my favourite. I liked this chapter because Jones here, explains the four dialects thoroughly and makes the concept understandable. 

Lets start talking about chapter three. Chapter three is the continuation of the second chapter. In this they speak about the four dialects but they give us some more information, so lets dig in. As I said, there are four dialects, and we now two of them, spoken words of approval and doing some things for our loved ones. The other two are, spending quality time and physical contact. In the third dialect, spending quality time, if your loved ones spend time with you, you feel loved. In physical contact, you might want a warm hug or a peck on the cheek to feel love. Andy Andrews feels loved when someone spends quality time with him and Jones feels loved when someone touches him lovingly or hugs him warmly, so he is in the category of physical conduct. There is not much that I liked in this chapter as this just the continuation of the second one. 

Now comes the fourth chapter. In this Andy Andrews adds a new character, named Walker Miles. In this chapter we will see how to not worry about things. Walker Miles had tough relationships as both his wives left him and this time he was very very depressed. While he was driving, an old man came to his car, and lifted his hand in greeting. As we all know the old man was none other than Jones. Walker asks Jones if he needed help and Jones tells he wants a ride to Foley, where Walker was going. While driving, Jones tells Walker about a man who chased a hat that flew of a mans head and while chasing it, he got hit by a car and died. Walker threw him a disgusted looked and told Jones, "Why in the world do you want to tell me that" ? Jones replies, "I am just in awe that, someone can lose everything by chasing nothing". This means that someone who chases something which is not valuable, the person could lose everything, like the man above, lost his life. They went for coffee in the waffle house. Walker explains Jones everything and why he was depressed. Walker tells Jones that he always felt like a loser because his father was an alcoholic. Jones tells Walker not to let his pat control him. Walker knows that but he still thinks about it and worries so much, so Jones takes a pen and writes on a napkin. 

40 % of the things we worry never occur. 30 % of the things we worry about are our past. 12 % of the things we worry about is just needless imagination. The last 8 % things we worry about are for legitimate concerns, but these concerns can be dealt with and people keep on fearing these reasons for so much time. "Thats me" tells Walker. Jones tells to Walker that he should not fear to these reasons and find solutions to this, if you concentrate you will get the solutions faster. He tells Walker to take a pad and a pen to his bed and when he wakes up in the morning list the things and people whom he is grateful to and to list it clearly as he meets many people. He also tells him that he shouldn't be shy to list the same people. Thinking about this won't do the trick, but he knows that, doesn't he. After all it is all his imagination. In this chapter, the best thing is how Jones tells Walker about the worries and how he gives him the solution to it.  

So let's start talking about chapter 5. This chapter is related to youngsters who are very concerned about their marriage. Let's see how Jones, once again, frees them from stress. Jones was with 3 teenagers, Ritchie, Caroline and Amelia in Robert Craft's Golf Course. Jones asks them, "So, which subject do you want to talk about". He gives Ritchie the first chance. Ritchie tells Jones that he wants to talk about 'How to keep a marriage away from divorce'. So they start talking about that topic and as we all know, Jones will get to his favourite word, 'Perspective'. Jones' perspective was that the married people, should sacrifice something for each other. For suppose, the husband likes football, but the wife hates football, never played it. Now the husband really loves his wife, so he should think "Oh, I love my wife more than the game, what happens if I don't play it, the important thing is that I love my wife". Like this, they both should sacrifice for each other. Ritchie, Caroline and Amelia understand this. I did like this chapter but, this is not my favourite. 

Chapter 6 is a very wise chapter, I would say. In this chapter, Andy adds a new character named Willow Calloway. She is an old woman who thinks she is of no use and she outlived her children as one of her child, Ralph died. Jones explains her that age is just a number and you can do many things even when you are old. He gives an example of Nelson Mandela, who became the president at the age of 72. He also tells how people can change others life. He tells her about Norman Borlaug, the man who hybridised corn and wheat for arid climates. This example is about how, Norman Borlaug got the