This book is not for those who are sensitive or younger readers.
Pierre Anthon decides life is meaningless and proceeds to make sure that everyone knows this by sitting in a tree and telling them so, refusing to come down. To prove him wrong, his classmates decide to pile up their prized possessions to show him the meaning. As the heap grows, the sacrifices each must make become more and more extreme until some very dark events take place.
This book was incredibly well written. To say I enjoyed it would be wrong as this isn't the sort of book you should enjoy, in the same way that The Hunger Games isn't really something you should enjoy as it features the killing of children. But it doesn't stop these books from being brilliant and gripping. I don't want to give too much away but it starts off being reasonably innocent and then takes darker and darker turns as the sacrifice the next person has to make becomes more and more demanding. You end up fearing what the next person will have to give up. It was haunting and has stuck with me even though it's been a few months since I read it. It reminds me of Lord of the Flies and should be a modern classic, especially as it really makes you think.
I give it 10/10!
Title: Nothing
Author: Janne Teller
Publisher: Strident Publlishing
Teenage Fiction
No comments:
Post a Comment