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A review by bluefairybug
The boy behind the glass screen by Ian Siragher
adventurous
challenging
emotional
informative
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
At the heart of this story is an utterly fascinating, and completely unethical, psychological experiment about how children learn and play. As a lover of psychology I actually found this element of the story totally fascinating and it drew me right in.
The timeline jumped from various points in the past and the present/early future, which worked so well for this book, showing how the events in the past bought us to the trial in the current day.
I really liked Aiden and Oliver, the subjects of the experiment. The way they learned to interact with each other from other sides of the glass was heart-warming. To start with I wasn't sure what Harry's story had to do with the rest of it. But of course it all became clear.
This was my first book by Ian, but I'll definitely be looking out for more by him based on this book.
And yes, there's a plot twist but I'm not saying what it was because I didn't guess it and wouldn't want to ruin it!
The timeline jumped from various points in the past and the present/early future, which worked so well for this book, showing how the events in the past bought us to the trial in the current day.
I really liked Aiden and Oliver, the subjects of the experiment. The way they learned to interact with each other from other sides of the glass was heart-warming. To start with I wasn't sure what Harry's story had to do with the rest of it. But of course it all became clear.
This was my first book by Ian, but I'll definitely be looking out for more by him based on this book.
And yes, there's a plot twist but I'm not saying what it was because I didn't guess it and wouldn't want to ruin it!