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m0springer 's review for:
The Sweet Hereafter
by Russell Banks
To be quite honest, I only read this book because it was assigned in class. This isn't the kind of story I like to read. However, I read it so I'll review it.
This is about a school bus crash where a bunch of kids die. Actually, a more accurate description would be that this is how a town reacts to the death of its children.
It's really sad, which is a given considering the subject material. Sometimes though I think the author pushed a bit too hard to make it sad.
Each chapter is from the point of view of different characters. This includes the bus driver, one of the parents of the dead kids, a lawyer trying to get people to sue the town while dealing with own "lost" child, and one of the survivors from the crash.
The story is believable, I'll give it that. Well, believable except for a couple of moments. There was one point where the lawyer is talking to his daughter and I felt the dialogue in that scene was over the top and contrived. The second is in the chapter on one of the survivors. There is something that happened to her and the way it was dealt with just didn't seem realistic to me.
However, I can believe that these are people of the same town and that this is how they choose to deal with their grief.
I'm not sure if I would recommend this or not. If it sounds like your kind of story, then you'll probably enjoy it. However, if you're looking to diversify your interests in books then I wouldn't start with this book.
This is about a school bus crash where a bunch of kids die. Actually, a more accurate description would be that this is how a town reacts to the death of its children.
It's really sad, which is a given considering the subject material. Sometimes though I think the author pushed a bit too hard to make it sad.
Each chapter is from the point of view of different characters. This includes the bus driver, one of the parents of the dead kids, a lawyer trying to get people to sue the town while dealing with own "lost" child, and one of the survivors from the crash.
The story is believable, I'll give it that. Well, believable except for a couple of moments. There was one point where the lawyer is talking to his daughter and I felt the dialogue in that scene was over the top and contrived. The second is in the chapter on one of the survivors. There is something that happened to her and the way it was dealt with just didn't seem realistic to me.
However, I can believe that these are people of the same town and that this is how they choose to deal with their grief.
I'm not sure if I would recommend this or not. If it sounds like your kind of story, then you'll probably enjoy it. However, if you're looking to diversify your interests in books then I wouldn't start with this book.