A review by rouge_red
Four by Four by Sara Mesa

mysterious reflective medium-paced

3.0

I don't think I got what the author probably wanted me to feel by the end of this book, but it was just kind of interesting to read, especially the slice-of-life narratives from the students to that of the substitute teacher- from mostly mundane to mundane and beginnings of a man unraveling. Clearly something is wrong, and I got an indication of this when the headmaster said they didn't discipline the students, rather the kids policed themselves...which I think is a terrible fucking idea. So I didn't find this book unsettling at all, not even when Bedrigare was wandering around an empty school by himself, but I guess someone else might be more into the gothic aspects of this book. I overall just found this the kind of book with a school setting that I liked. Lots of messed up things behind closed doors and people not knowing how to to play the game, and how effective isolation can be when everyone else is in the know.