The book Crispin by Avi, was a poorly written story because there wasn't a lot of action. Even though the plot was interesting, there was not much action until page 200. Also, Crispin needs to stop whining about how God is the only one who can save him and start living. …more Crispin doesn't anything interesting until later in the book. He just needed to suck it up and live his life instead of thinking about the "sins" he had done in the past. These are the reasons why I thought this book was poorly written because there was not a lot of action until much later in the book. (less)