The Reformatory
by Tananarive Due
Taste attributes: horrorhistoricalteenfresh & originalunsavouryheavyimaginarylinearenclosedemotive & stirringinjustice/tragedy/vengeancehuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardy
Boxlist takeExpect a morally murky, stylised horror novel, fresh rather than familiar. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.
Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: very dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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5.0 / 5
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About This Book
Gracetown, Florida - June 1950 Twelve-year-old Robbie Stephens, Jr., is sentenced to six months at the Gracetown School for Boys, a reformatory, for kicking the son of the largest landowner in town in defense of his older sister, Gloria. So begins Robbie’s journey further into the terrors of the Jim Crow South and the very real horror of the school they call The Reformatory.
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- Author
- Tananarive Due
- Published
- 2023
- Pages
- 576
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- Open Library
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