The Way Home by George P. PelecanosMy rating: 2 of 5 stars
I was torn on how to rate this book. I gave it a 2 for the depressing storyline. I like books that have an inner sense of hope in them. But it also deserved a 5 for the thought-provoking ideas. It was an odd story with an interesting perspective on the juvenile prison system. It reminded me of some stuff I'd read in Foucault's "Discipline and Punish". I really should read that again. Anyway, it really does make one wonder about the effectiveness of our current prison system. But, while it's easy to think "That seems so cruel---we should make the system better", it's not that easy to come up with a workable solution. Something needs to be done about it, but what? It's really quite disturbing to think about.
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