The Mockingbirds
by Daisy Whitney
***stars
Alex Patrick is an aspiring pianist at Themis Academy, an ultra-elite boarding school. One morning she wakes up in a strange bed with only a fuzzy recollection of how she got there. As her memories recover, Alex has a shocking realization: she was date-raped. Luckily for her, she has options. She seeks out the help of the Mockingbirds, a To Kill a Mockingbird-inspired, for-the-students-by-the-students group that swears to deliver justice to all students who are wronged.
The author tries to combine the topic of rape with a thriller about vigilante students. It doesn't work. It seems like she wanted to write a story about the aftermath of a date rape, but didn't want anything to do with the trappings of the American legal system, so she made up her own. The story could easily have taken place without the Mockingbirds. That being said, the book does deliver a good (albeit heavy-handed) message about rape and society, specifically about how society sees rape victims.
6 comments:
It sounds ok, but I'll probably only read if I have time
Hope, what was your opinion?
The plot sounds interesting, but at the same time doesn't seem like it was a great book.
This sounded good, sorry it disappointed!
My opinion? I like the parts where the reader gets to see wht's going in Alex's mind, but any part that described how the Mockingbirds operated reminded me of sitting american government class. It was just all so unnecessary.
that sounds really strange... I really can't say whether or not I'm gonna read this one..
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