![]() ![]() ![]() Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock is a dark book. Combining humour and hope, the novel targets the most controversial issues effecting teenagers today: depression and school shootings. (One last thing though: I think that the main article really should have had at least a sentence on the main plotline's history under "sex" - it most definitely qualifies for this section but is instead only mentioned briefly under "violence". Matthew Quickâs Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock was a poignant, moving novel that everyone needs to read. It is one of those books that gives you a full, unobstructed, uncensored view of life, the beautiful and the ugly, and leaves you to decide what to do with that information. Despite this, the ideas and opinions that Leonard has are so unique, so enlightening, so thought-provoking that this book is a must-read. He considers the hilarity of this photograph. Some of the ideas Leonard has about growing up, for example, are VERY depressing if you don't finish the book (and even if you do), and could be quite distressing for younger children and teens (under 15) who don't have a firm grasp on optimism and/or realism. The novels narrator and protagonist, Leonard Peacock, takes a picture of his Nazi gun beside his breakfast. I wasn't horrifically disturbed by it, BUT my parents are very open about issues such as the ones discussed in this book and I'm a relatively balanced teen. I read the book at the age of 13, which was probably a touch too young. Basically if your looking for a book that is doused in sadness and filled with loneliness but has such a compelling storyline and heartbreaking characters, that. ![]()
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