Shirley (junebug-annie) - reviewed on 6/5/2010 + 14 more book reviews

This is a book that makes you wonder when the seeds of rage are planted. In the womb? Life experiences? As the debate rages on we are still left with child killers and still left wondering why. We wonder what burden our youth carry to keep such a secret and remain loyal even to their detriment.

What cause a Golden Boy to be so vicious? His motive for the killing does not ring true to me. It is something more, hidden deep in his physic. Something he may have been born without. Were there warning signs? I think not as the book really uncovers none. Even his friends did not see the killer in him. Yet one must believe that youth of this age would be experienced enough to recognize the signs if there were any. How much maturity would our youth have to have had to see behind his cover? Even the adults in his life saw nothing out of the ordinary in this privileged and popular teen. He was admired by many and adored by others. Yet lying just beneath the surface was an explosive anger waiting for the right circumstance to erupt. And erupt it did on a perfectly innocent victim.

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