A review by andintothetrees
Shtum by Jem Lester

5.0

I wasn't sure whether to give this 4 or 5 stars, but the reservations I have about it are down to personal preference (I'd have liked more female characters, but the author set out to write about father-son relationships and achieved that objective well; Ben made some poor and annoying decisions but a book isn't worsened by having an imperfect central character) so 5 stars it is. This book was a great combination of readable/hard to put down, informative & emotionally moving.