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So... I went after this book even though I had some issues with the first one because I was curious to see how the story would be continued.
I think if I were a preteen or young teen reading this, I would have liked it a lot, and this is the target demographic, so that part's great.
As an adult, though, the negligence of all the adults involved in the premise of this book is blinding. Even worse is that Derek is supposed to be a psychologist. He acts more like a journalist. What kind of psychologist says to a literal child that has been through a traumatizing experience, "We want you to relive that experience so we can try to better understand your trauma"? The conceit is ridiculous, especially when you consider that all they would have needed was to interview Brian, and then go out with an adult survivalist and a real psychologist to recreate the experience. (I specify that you would need a real psychologist because a lot of the insights that Brian teaches Derek in the beginning about survival mentality and supplies should have been self-evident to someone with a psychology background.)
Yikes.
I think if I were a preteen or young teen reading this, I would have liked it a lot, and this is the target demographic, so that part's great.
As an adult, though, the negligence of all the adults involved in the premise of this book is blinding. Even worse is that Derek is supposed to be a psychologist. He acts more like a journalist. What kind of psychologist says to a literal child that has been through a traumatizing experience, "We want you to relive that experience so we can try to better understand your trauma"? The conceit is ridiculous, especially when you consider that all they would have needed was to interview Brian, and then go out with an adult survivalist and a real psychologist to recreate the experience. (I specify that you would need a real psychologist because a lot of the insights that Brian teaches Derek in the beginning about survival mentality and supplies should have been self-evident to someone with a psychology background.)
Yikes.