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A review by amandasherwood95
Rage by Richard Bachman
4.0
I’m happy I finally got my hands on a copy of Rage. It was definitely different that I predicted it to be in my mind. I’ve read some of the negative reviews that have been left on Goodreads and I have to say, I don’t agree with them.
It was a quick read that I took my time with. Some of the lingo and references are a bit different than what I’m used to with it being written in the 70’s.
It depicts a boy who is sick of always being pushed around. He was overtly scared of his father, bullied by people in school, and just didn’t seem to have confidence in his self to be able to fit in with the status quo. I think Bachman (King) could have done a little more to showcase the mental health issues that Charlie was facing. You could obviously tell he was a troubled teenager by his outbursts and responses with the principal and psychiatrist.
The ending isn’t what I expected but I liked the way it ended and summed everything up well.
It was a quick read that I took my time with. Some of the lingo and references are a bit different than what I’m used to with it being written in the 70’s.
It depicts a boy who is sick of always being pushed around. He was overtly scared of his father, bullied by people in school, and just didn’t seem to have confidence in his self to be able to fit in with the status quo. I think Bachman (King) could have done a little more to showcase the mental health issues that Charlie was facing. You could obviously tell he was a troubled teenager by his outbursts and responses with the principal and psychiatrist.
The ending isn’t what I expected but I liked the way it ended and summed everything up well.