A review by robdabear
Boot Camp by Todd Strasser
4.0
This was quite an interesting book. The main character, Garrett Durrell is sent away in the middle of the night to a teen detention camp somewhere in upstate New York. He was sent there by his parents against his will and without him knowing, so he could go and reform his problems. At the boot camp, Lake Harmony, he is beaten and abused, so much that I can garuntee the reader will want to hurt something while they read. It seems like Garrett is finally broken, when a risky escape plan is hatched.
This was quite a fast read, I was a little delayed over the weekend and school starting to finish it quickly enough though. The chapters were short and you never wanted to put the book down. It was very frustrating at times, but very excited as well.
Kind of a spoiler but not really: I hated the ending. Bad way to end a book. But I guess that was what was going to happen eventually anyway.
After the initial story ended there was an afterwards stating that teen detention camps like lake harmony exist, and immediately I was horrified by the fact that they operate generally in the same way as described in the book. You'll just have to read it to find out.
Good quick read, very angering and frustrating at times, but perhaps that was the point, to play at your emotions. 4 stars.
This was quite a fast read, I was a little delayed over the weekend and school starting to finish it quickly enough though. The chapters were short and you never wanted to put the book down. It was very frustrating at times, but very excited as well.
Kind of a spoiler but not really: I hated the ending. Bad way to end a book. But I guess that was what was going to happen eventually anyway.
After the initial story ended there was an afterwards stating that teen detention camps like lake harmony exist, and immediately I was horrified by the fact that they operate generally in the same way as described in the book. You'll just have to read it to find out.
Good quick read, very angering and frustrating at times, but perhaps that was the point, to play at your emotions. 4 stars.