Tuesday, August 6, 2019

The Swallows by Lisa Lutz

Disclaimer: I received a copy of this release from 
the publisher in exchange for an honest review

A New England prep school's secrets come to light with the arrival of Alex Witt, a reluctant new creative writing teacher and her seemingly simple writing prompt: What do you love? What do you hate? What do you want?⁠
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When the anonymous answers show a clear divide among students on their opinions of something called "The Darkroom" Ms. Witt begins to ask questions about what is really going on at Stonebridge Academy and among a group of students who call themselves "The Ten". When the "boys will be boys" attitude has always been brushed off, laughed at, and accepted becomes too much for the girls to bear, an all out gender war escalates with an interesting mix of enemies and allies on each side.⁠
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Quick afterthought: I thought high school was tough but thank goodness I did not have to deal with the technology available to students today where a whole other level of secrets, meanness, and abuse runs rampant and exists virtually unchecked.⁠
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