A review by cbendixe
The God of War by Marisa Silver

4.0

Ares, the 12-13-year-old boy that is the narrator, is kind of easy to like. He is an adolescent boy, so he isn't easy to love, of course. Made more difficult than being a preteen in the late '70s is the fact that Ares's brother is mentally handicapped--perhaps what we today might call autistic but the word is never used. The story of Ares and his brother Malcolm and their mother as one special family is heartwarming and also heart-wrenching...this is one of those books that reminds me that I had a pretty good childhood. And it's always nice to be reminded of how lucky you are!