When I went to school the only thing we had to go through was the doors. That being said, I grew up in a predominantly white neighborhood. This novel was released on May 22, 2018.*Īs a person of color, I’m well aware of police brutality and the injustice that occurs to people who look like me. This is an honest review of the novel as I saw it. This did not influence my review of this book in anyway. *I received a free digital advanced reader’s copy of this book from Tor Teen. Purchase From:Īmazon, Barnes & Noble, Book Depository Review When tensions hit a fever pitch and tragedy strikes again, Moss must face a difficult choice: give in to fear and hate or realize that anger can actually be a gift. Something will have to change―but who will listen to a group of teens? That was even before the new regulations―it seems sometimes that the students are treated more like criminals. Moss can’t even escape at school―he and his friends are subject to the lack of funds and crumbling infrastructure at West Oakland High, as well as constant intimidation by the resource officer stationed in their halls. Moss Jeffries is many things―considerate student, devoted son, loyal friend and affectionate boyfriend, enthusiastic nerd.īut sometimes Moss still wishes he could be someone else―someone without panic attacks, someone whose father was still alive, someone who hadn’t become a rallying point for a community because of one horrible night.Īnd most of all, he wishes he didn’t feel so stuck.
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He rejects religious meaning and secular whenever it comes his way. He’s deemed an anti-Christ and is forced to contend with new forced isolation he doesn’t like within his jail cell.Īs a reader learns from Meursault’s first-person narration, he does not find life to be meaningful. He thinks at one point, “it was hard for me to believe really existed”.Īfter his arrest, he is alienated from society by his action and inability to account for it. Meursault has no desire to say goodbye to his mother or connect with the mourners in the room with him. He continually presents himself awkwardly, or not as those around him expect. His emotions are stilted and often nonexistent. He separates himself from others by his inability or unwillingness to connect on a deep level. Meursault is the titular example of alienation from oneself, society, and nature. These are two of the most prominent themes, along with sadness. The novel deals directly with the idea of the meaninglessness of life. From the very beginning he has no doubts about himself, telling readers, " It can be very distracting to have a very beautiful French snail staring at you while you read." He very innocently suggests some classic children's books, with a decidedly gastropod theme. In this picture book, Escargot is cheeky and he knows it. But Escargot makes a startling discovery about French cooking and comes up with a satisfying solution to a book that views escargot in a way he never imagined! This book will help him find something to make besides a boring salad. And so he imagines beginning to write such a book as he slimes towards the cookbook section.Įventually, Escargot makes it to the cookbook section where he finds what seems like the perfect book, The Art of French Cooking. But he does find it upsetting that there are no "books about a daring snail hero who saves the day."īut Escargot laments the lack of books "about a daring snail hero who saves the day" and suggests that the reader might want to write a story about a "very beautiful French snail hero" based on him. Along the way to the cooking section, Escargot is amazed at all the wonderful books in the library. |