When TW read The Mockingbirds, she griped a lot about it. Said it was a horrible, depressing book. So, I thought I was in for trouble when I started reading it this morning. Once again, I find myself wondering if TW and I read the same damn book.
Sure, a book about date rape is never going to be light and breezy but it wasn’t nearly as horrible and depressing as it could have been. I liked it. I’m not a big fan of vigilante justice, so I did struggle with that particular storyline. I’d have liked it better if Alex had been able to go to adults a lot sooner than she did but that’s not the story that was being told here. I’d recommend it to teens and I can see why others who’ve read it were giving it good reviews.
I had this out from the library but didn’t read it because I was not in the mood for what I knew would be, at least on some levels, depressing.
I just heard recently that there’s going to be another Mockingbirds book, even though it was originally planned to be a stand along novel.