Summary:
This book is about a 15-year-old boy named Connor. He is pressured into playing a game of "idiots roulette" which is instead of pointing the gun at your own head, you point it at your neighbor's head. The game turns into tragedy when one of the boys shoots the gun and kills Daniel, who is Connor's best friend. After this, Connor is always haunted by nightmares. He copes with this problem by going to his violin studies, going to his job, and his late-night rides on his brother's car. After a while, his mourning for Daniel begins to heal.
Review:
After reading this book, I have realized how strong peer pressure is. This book has showed me the values of friendship. It was a good book because these boys are my age and I could relate to them. Although I have not experienced losing a best friend, I saw what Connor did to cope with his problem. Overall, this was a great book and I would suggest it to other teenagers.
Quote:
"No. It was sickening. I demeaned myself. I lost something I'll never get back."This quote struck me because people often do things they think are normal at that time. Then, when time passes, they realize they lost something. Sometimes they don't even know what they lost but they do realize that whatever they did was a mistake.
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The quote, "No. It was sickening. I demeaned myself. I lost something I'll never get back." is a very powerful statement that can mean so much to a person especially in the teen years. innocence is one of the most important thing that teenagers lose. we lose things that morally you can never get back because of peer pressure. peer pressure is a huge strain to anyone but just one strong friendship can save you from so many mistakes.~Nicholina Wilkins
ReplyDeleteThis book sounds really interesting. it sounds so original with the idea of "idiots roulette" and it would appear that the book is mounted off the idea of peer pressure. This story shows the dangers of peer pressure and the ways that it can damage peoples lives. The quote you chose appears to be an extremely relevant quote in the story and it is very powerful.-----Derek Pinciak
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