My Rating: 2.5
The Nickel Academy is a reform school in Tallahassee Florida. When Elwood gets caught up in a tragic case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time, ends up serving time. The Nickel Academy.is a grotesque chamber of horrors, where the sadistic staff beats and sexually abuses the students, corrupt officials and locals steal food and supplies, and any boy who resists is likely to disappear "out back."
For myself, this was about horrific events that had no feeling behind the writing. The writing felt flat and, despite feeling sorry for Elwood's circumstances, I didn't care about any of the characters, The first half of the book was somewhat engaging but the last half of the book was so poorly written that I had trouble staying engaged. Horrific things happened but it felt so detached. This is not historical fiction but a work of fiction based around an actual reform school. None of the characters were real and it didn't have any fact and definitely didn't bring that horrible period to life which was a missed opportunity.I don't think authors that try to capitalize on tragic events without any quality in the writing are for me.
The Nickel Academy is a reform school in Tallahassee Florida. When Elwood gets caught up in a tragic case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time, ends up serving time. The Nickel Academy.is a grotesque chamber of horrors, where the sadistic staff beats and sexually abuses the students, corrupt officials and locals steal food and supplies, and any boy who resists is likely to disappear "out back."
For myself, this was about horrific events that had no feeling behind the writing. The writing felt flat and, despite feeling sorry for Elwood's circumstances, I didn't care about any of the characters, The first half of the book was somewhat engaging but the last half of the book was so poorly written that I had trouble staying engaged. Horrific things happened but it felt so detached. This is not historical fiction but a work of fiction based around an actual reform school. None of the characters were real and it didn't have any fact and definitely didn't bring that horrible period to life which was a missed opportunity.I don't think authors that try to capitalize on tragic events without any quality in the writing are for me.
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