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A review by cornmaven
The Song of An Innocent Bystander by Ian Bone
5.0
This is a pretty intense book, and I could not put it down. It chronicles a fictional young woman struggling with PTSD brought on by a hostage/siege situation when she was 9 years old. The book moves back and forth to relive the siege, revealing (maybe) what really happened, along with revealing how the girl has fared over the years. It also chronicles how each of her parents reacted to the situation (they were not with her), and how that has affected her. Alternates between third and first person.
The library I got this from put it in young adult, but I really think it belongs in adult. Perhaps a Senior HS Psych class could read it while learning Psych 101 and discuss it. But I think you have to be a bit older to think well enough about some of the philosophical questions that are raised. Unless you yourself have been a trauma victim, and then perhaps a younger person would understand it.
At any rate, I loved it - would make a good book club selection, and might start some great conversations about parental influences, parental control, trauma, self-identity, and the reliability/unreliability of memory.
The library I got this from put it in young adult, but I really think it belongs in adult. Perhaps a Senior HS Psych class could read it while learning Psych 101 and discuss it. But I think you have to be a bit older to think well enough about some of the philosophical questions that are raised. Unless you yourself have been a trauma victim, and then perhaps a younger person would understand it.
At any rate, I loved it - would make a good book club selection, and might start some great conversations about parental influences, parental control, trauma, self-identity, and the reliability/unreliability of memory.