Review: very interesting and complex
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 11, 2013
This is a troublesome story about children who slip in and out of juvenile detention centers because of circumstances that shouldn't have happened in the first place. When Christian was twelve, he killed an adult that was terrorizing his friends. He was then sent to a juvenile detention center. It is hard for anyone to escape the stigma and wrong parenting from a dysfunctional family, and he is no exception. His judgment is shaky and unreliable because he is unable to trust authority, and his distrust in the system is what causes his incarceration. When he leaves the facility, he thinks he can start over with one of the friends, but doesn't realize that she is not the romanticized girl he imagined during his time away. Time and loss has changed her as well.