The Summer I Went Crazy by Laura Koerber – Review by Ashley Mertz
The Summer I Went Crazy by Laura Koerber
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
The Summer I Went Crazy by Laura Koerber is available now in eBook
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Trigger Warnings: Rape
Ben had it all: an expensive private school education, summers in Europe, and an admission to Yale. When he lets his so-called friends Clint, Rob, and Marty talk him into attending a party he doesn’t realize the choices made that very night will affect him for the rest of his life. Constantly regretting not coming forth with what he saw, Ben wonders how his life could have changed if he would have been honest. Now forty years later he is making the call that he hopes will help clear his conscious.
The Summer I Went Crazy is a remake of Coyote Summer. It is a thought provoking, coming of Age novel. Laura Koerber knows her way around dark, sensitive topics, writing with such detail and compassion. The problematic decisions made by these teenage boys causes a lot of pressure and guilt. To see Ben go through the different parts of his life with this one decision weighing so heavily on his mind was a perfect example of why we have to think before we act. One decision can affect you for the remainder of your life. Koerber does any amazing job making these characters believable and relatable in so many ways. This book will send you on an emotional roller coaster ride.
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