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I really enjoyed the book, but I think I came away from it with a different view of the "school" than the author may have intended. It seems to me that for every success story who is returned to the real world successfully, that "school" will also turn out a potential ax murderer, due to its methods.
Mr. Lester is "doing his job" in the same way that waterboarding isn't torture, and is a bit too sadistic and scary to be believable as the supposedly benevolent figure he comes across by the end. Ot ...more
Mr. Lester is "doing his job" in the same way that waterboarding isn't torture, and is a bit too sadistic and scary to be believable as the supposedly benevolent figure he comes across by the end. Ot ...more
A well written and engaging book that reflects on events and how perceptions of those events can effect the future.
Aug 11, 2011
Jen
marked it as to-read
