blindmanbaldwin 's review for:

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

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Real intimacy here. It's short and a lot of bits don't get space for breathe, but "The Outsiders" has a lot of resonance in the angst/uncertainty. The boy lives in this world he shouldn't live in but the genetic lottery put him in, and the struggle of his identity (thoughtful/emotional) with his community opposed to these things drives it forward. Tenderness destroyed by a violent world. Rumbles hurt you just as much as the ones you hurt. Real down ending here, one that is authentic to the world of the book — with one glimmer of light giving hope that the identity can be reconciled with the world.