- ISBN:
- 9781472208187
- 9781472208187
- Category:
- General fiction (Children's / Teenage)
- Format:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
- 13-08-2013
- Publisher:
- Headline Publishing Group
- Country of origin:
- United Kingdom
- Pages:
- 288
- Dimensions (mm):
- 217x137x21mm
- Weight:
- 0.31kg
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Reviews
3 Reviews
For those fans of Perks of Being a Wallflower, Silver Linings Playbook and Fault in our Stars, this is actually a darker look at society than we would usually recommend but one that leaves you indelibly changed. Leonard Peacock is a lonely and unloved character through circumstance and abandonment who starts the day with plans for a school shooting and thats all were going to say. This is from the author of Silver Linings Playbook and is written in a similar style. For those fans of Young Adult fiction this is definitely one for you.
I’ve long been a fan of Matthew Quick’s novel and was really excited for his new YA book, Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock but I think it needs to be mentioned that a lot of the themes in this book should be for 16+ audience. It is confronting, truly heart-breaking but brilliant.
It follows Leonard Peacock – who has decided on his 18th birthday that he is had enough of this life. But before he leaves this world, he gives the few special people in his life gifts to remember him by.
It is impossible not to be extremely moved by this book, Quick captures the mindset of Leonard, a lonely and hurting teenage boy perfectly. The depth he creates in the secondary characters is imperative to the success of this story of abandonment. A truly important book written in a similar style to ‘Silver Linings Playbook’.
Leonard is one of those sharp kids who sees everything but lives mostly in his own head. He needs someone to believe in him and something to believe in. Mostly he just needs someone to listen...
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