Another bummer book
October 4th, 2007 Liz - Central Library
Man, I like depressing books. Are there others like me out there? At least one… as a friend recommended this engrossing novel.
Aftermath by Brian Shawver explores the why and what next of a brutal brawl in a restaurant parking lot amongst teens from competing high schools. This Pennsylvania small town has a private Catholic school where the rich kids go, and a townie school. When a ringleader boy from the rich kids school is beaten so badly he now operates at a 4 year old level, even his mother views this as a mixed blessing, as he was that unlikeable. That’s just one of many moral complexities in this novel that drew me in and gripped me until the end.
Entry Filed under: General, Recreational Fiction
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1. Lisa | October 5th, 2007 at 10:16 am
I’m always reading bummer books too. Each time I write a review, I realize it’s another one on grief. Why is that????
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