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A review by thursdaymouse
Backwards by Todd Mitchell
5.0
What made me pick up this book was the fact that the author would be attending READCON, an amazing event put on by the High Plains Library and specifically the Farr Library in Greeley, CO.
I browsed the display of books that Farr had presented in anticipation of the authors, and of course was drawn in by the compelling cover of Backwards. Additionally, my curiosity was piqued by the concept of the book. It was the Rider's fate to experience life backwards, linked to a body and a teenager named Dan that had taken his own life.
Suicide is an excruciatingly painful topic, one that arrests our thoughts- creating a blank in our minds when trying to understand it. Those of us past those turbulent years know how hard that period of life is, but we have no idea the depth of pain that other people experience or how they manage to cope with it. In this case, how they decide to give in.
Backwards is an attempt for a rider to figure out his host's situation, and in turn to attempt to understand life, about how we live though a series of events and decisions that are ours alone to make. It is a great lesson for teens to understand that they should always do their best to choose the right path and surround themselves with the right people. If they listen to their gut feeling, and be brave and noble in their efforts, they will live the kind of life they will look back and be proud about.
Todd Mitchell has a very insightful and engaging way of approaching this difficult subject. I was delighted to have chosen it out of the bunch, it was a "great" read.
I browsed the display of books that Farr had presented in anticipation of the authors, and of course was drawn in by the compelling cover of Backwards. Additionally, my curiosity was piqued by the concept of the book. It was the Rider's fate to experience life backwards, linked to a body and a teenager named Dan that had taken his own life.
Suicide is an excruciatingly painful topic, one that arrests our thoughts- creating a blank in our minds when trying to understand it. Those of us past those turbulent years know how hard that period of life is, but we have no idea the depth of pain that other people experience or how they manage to cope with it. In this case, how they decide to give in.
Backwards is an attempt for a rider to figure out his host's situation, and in turn to attempt to understand life, about how we live though a series of events and decisions that are ours alone to make. It is a great lesson for teens to understand that they should always do their best to choose the right path and surround themselves with the right people. If they listen to their gut feeling, and be brave and noble in their efforts, they will live the kind of life they will look back and be proud about.
Todd Mitchell has a very insightful and engaging way of approaching this difficult subject. I was delighted to have chosen it out of the bunch, it was a "great" read.