The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
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Book Summary Author: Robert Cormier Edition: Paperback Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published) Published: 2004-09-14 ISBN: 0375829873 Number of pages: 272 Publisher: Ember |
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Book Reviews of the The Chocolate War
Customer Review: Sick, bleak and disturbing
Summary: 1 Stars
Poor Jerry Renault. He's a teenager--his mom has died, his father and him have no connection and he's trying to fit in at a new school. There's a chocolate sale at the school where students are forced to sell chocolates. A group of school thugs who call themselves the Vigils tell Jerry NOT to sell chocolates. He doesn't...but then they tell him to sell them and he refuses. Jerry's life quickly becomes a living hell and it leads up to a revoltingly violent and sick ending.
I had to read Cormier when I was in college. I read "I Am the Cheese" (which I thought was pretty good) and I read this on my own. This book depressed me to an incredible degree. For days afterwards I was like a zombie--I couldn't get the finmal sequence out of my mind. Even now over 20 years later it STILL bothers me. Seriously--what is the point of this book? The message for teenagers seems to be--conform. Don't fight back cause it could get you killed. Jerry ISN'T killed, as the sequel tells us, but he's beaten to a point where he's near death and Cormier describes it in loving detail. It's actually suggested that Jerry has an eye crushed when he's hit and his face is covered with blood. Seriously--WHY??? Sick and pointless. One of my friends read it and said it could never happen so it didn't bother him--but that's not how I felt. I would never allow a kid to read this book. Avoid. The sequel "Beyond the Chocolate War" is more of the same. And Jerry is beaten up AGAIN!