Reviews

The Boys of the Dark: A Story of Betrayal and Redemption in the Deep South by Robin Gaby Fisher

aphillips517's review against another edition

5.0

The stories of the victims will stay with me always.

emilyusuallyreading's review against another edition

2.0

The story itself was harrowing. I stayed awake until the early morning hours after turning the last page, haunted by the fate of the victims of the Florida School for Boys. What a terrible, terrible place.

However terrifying the true stories within the pages might be, the writing of the book itself fell a little flat for me.

shannanh's review against another edition

5.0

After reading The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead, I had to read some of the books he referenced to, and this was one of them. This was such a hard read in reading what they experienced during their youth. It's a shame that they were treated the way they were, and I pray that one day they are able to fully heal from the trauma of their past.

riadawson's review

4.0

I wanted to read more about the Florida School for Boys after reading The Nickel Boys. A quick read with some awful accounts of the school

megaden's review

5.0

I started this book after getting home from a friend's house at about 10:30 planning on reading a few pages and going to bed. I finished the book at 12:30. I couldn't put it down! The public was so up in arms about the torturing that happened at Abu Ghraib, but the same things have been happening in the United States. To Children! And nobody did anything about it for literally 100 years. This book was terrible, but amazing at the same time.