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Heretics Anonymous
by Katie Henry
Atheist boy is enrolled to a catholic school. What could possibly go wrong?
Michael’s family moves around a lot, so he never really settles anywhere. When he starts at St. Clare’s, he soon makes friends with the other outcasts. Lucy is catholic, but also be an outspoken feminist, Avi is Jewish and gay, Max’s religion is not clear but is into wearing capes against uniform regulations, and Eden is into paganism.
As a fellow atheist, I could relate to Michael a lot. He was often asked what happened to him that turned him into one. It’s funny how a lot of people just assume one becomes an atheist by abandoning whatever religion. Not like, you know, never adopting one. Duh.
Anyway, Michael convinces his new friends to turn Heretics Anonymous from a secret after school club to a rebel group with the intent of exposing all the hypocrisy in their school. Nobody is safe.
I really liked Michael’s humour, and the whole covert operation to take down the establishment.
I didn’t particularly liked Lucy however. Considering she was Michael’s romantic interest quite a lot of the plot revolved around her. You see, she was all for letting people be and accepting them with their different religions, and yet, she seemed to be unable to accept that Michael is an atheist and gifted him a Bible with the “interesting bits” underlined and annotated… Just bloody keep it to yourself, will you?
Michael’s family moves around a lot, so he never really settles anywhere. When he starts at St. Clare’s, he soon makes friends with the other outcasts. Lucy is catholic, but also be an outspoken feminist, Avi is Jewish and gay, Max’s religion is not clear but is into wearing capes against uniform regulations, and Eden is into paganism.
As a fellow atheist, I could relate to Michael a lot. He was often asked what happened to him that turned him into one. It’s funny how a lot of people just assume one becomes an atheist by abandoning whatever religion. Not like, you know, never adopting one. Duh.
Anyway, Michael convinces his new friends to turn Heretics Anonymous from a secret after school club to a rebel group with the intent of exposing all the hypocrisy in their school. Nobody is safe.
I really liked Michael’s humour, and the whole covert operation to take down the establishment.
I didn’t particularly liked Lucy however. Considering she was Michael’s romantic interest quite a lot of the plot revolved around her. You see, she was all for letting people be and accepting them with their different religions, and yet, she seemed to be unable to accept that Michael is an atheist and gifted him a Bible with the “interesting bits” underlined and annotated… Just bloody keep it to yourself, will you?