Benoit, Charles Snow Job, 274 pages. Clarion (Houghton Mifflin), 2016. $18.
Language: R (50+ swears, 0 ‘f’); Mature Content: R (drinking, weed, drug
dealing); Violence: G.
Nick is a senior in high school and it looks like his life
is going absolutely nowhere. Just as he
tries to change things for the better, or at least a different nothing, he gets
lured into running drugs for an old adversary.
Not only is his life looking worse – he could also be looking at dead.
This book says that it is set in the late 1970’s, and there
are a few references to the time period, but the year has no actual bearing or
effect on the action or plot of the book – like someone had a list of things
that were around in 1977, so they should refer to them. I am mystified by this book it terms of its
appeal or its actual plot– why do I want to read about a high school kid who is going absolutely
nowhere with his life and the trouble he gets into while running drugs? I
wouldn’t. And if I really did want a plotless book with drugs in it, then I
would choose John Green’s Looking for Alaska instead.
NOT RECOMMENDED.
Cindy, Library Teacher
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2 comments:
For a book about a high school senior, I preferred Coy's Gap Year. There were a few bad choices, but more character development.
Thanks for the heads up, Karen!
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