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The Chocolate Lady (94 KP) rated The Impossible Fortress in Books

Oct 5, 2020  
The Impossible Fortress
The Impossible Fortress
Jason Rekulak | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry
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6.0 (2 Ratings)
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I really wanted to like this book, but perhaps I'm simply the wrong audience. The book takes place in 1987 with a group of 16 year old boys. I happen to remember that time, having been 30 at the time. Of course, I lived in a nice suburb of Chicago and these boys come from a less than affluent part of New Jersey, I don't think that they could have been as different as this book makes out. Some of the chronological/historical errors bothered me, and a few other details just didn't make sense (for example, would a single mother, forced to work night shifts for the extra dollar an hour, really have cable TV so her son could watch MTV? Personally, I doubt it). More importantly, the idea of petty crime and (even soft core) porn just didn't sit well with this nearly 60 year old mother, especially if 16 year old boys today might think it cool!

>Sorry, but no... not for me!