A review by szirbel
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

5.0

Wow! This was an amazingly difficult read. I had to stop a few times because of the brutality of what was happening. The fact that Whitehead based all of this on the real accounts of what happened to the boys at a reform school (Dozier school) in Florida makes my heart ache. I can't imagine having to witness and live through the horrors those boys faced. The only silver lining of the whole thing is that their story is finally being told. Amazing writing!