What do You think about The Rag And Bone Shop (2003)?
Jason wird verdächtigt, die siebenjährige Alicia ermordet zu haben. Doch es fehlen Beweise. Und so wird der Verhörspezialistät Trent beauftragt, dem Jungen ein Geständnis zu entlocken. Da Trent aber Zweifel an der Schuld des Jungen hat, kommt er einen Gewissenskonflikt: Was ist ihm wichtiger? Die Wahrheit oder seine Karriere?Mein Fazit:Bei den ersten Seiten dachte ich noch: Was für eine unscheinbare Geschichte. Doch das änderte sich schnell. Denn bald begann das Verhör und damit auch eine emotionale Achterbahnfahrt, bei der man aus dem Staunen nicht mehr rauskommt. Denn der Verhörspezialist hat so viele Tricks auf Lager, dass es wirklich erschütternd zu lesen ist. Und man hofft, dass solche Methoden in Wirklichkeit nicht angewandt werden - und hat Zweifel daran. Umso schockierender ist diese Geschichte. Und sie macht traurig und wütend zugleich. Dieses Jugendbuch sollte man wirklich unbedingt lesen. Es macht nachdenklich und rüttelt auf. Deswegen: Lesetipp! Wäre übrigens ein tolles, interessantes Buch für eine Leserunde!Ausführliche Rezension gibt's im Blog: http://www.dieleserin.at/2014/01/das-...
—DieLeserin
This book is one of my least favorite reads. It is one of those hard books that peels away the layers of human cruelty and shows all the ugliness of a clever, cunning person of power taking advantage of a weak, innocent, vulnerable person. Basically a detective wrangles a murder confession out of a good kid who is innocent, just because he want more political power. It's horrifying and creepy. The writing is clean and crisp. The author leads you straight toward the climax with nothing wasted. I think a lot of teens might like this book, but not me.
—Andi
Robert Cormier is a great writer; he has been called “the single most important writer in the whole history of young adult literature.” He has written a bunch of books that has won awards The Rag and Bone Shop was not one of them; it is still a very interesting book. Sadly Richard Cormier passed shortly after completing this novel. This novel will take you in at the dark corners of the human heart, and the choices that can shape ones soul for good or evil.I honestly liked this book; it was very detailed for a short book, well put. The Rag and Bone Shop was straight to the punch but did so well with details and information did not leave nothing out. It had me so intrigued that I did not want to put the book down. There was not a dull moment; it really keeps you on your feet with this book. The end of this book was a complete surprise; I like how he threw that twist in there making you wonder. I would defiantly by far give rate this book four stars, hands down. I checked this book out, but would spend the money to buy it; it really is a great book. I would highly recommend it this book to others. Reading this book has made me interested in reading more of Robert Cormier’s books. He really did do a great job at getting to the point and keeping it suspenseful at the same time. It is about a twelve year old boy Jason who is accused of killing seven year old Alicia. Even though they have no evidence against Jason the cop and mayor thinks it is him and has no other suspects, so they want to get a confession from Jason so the town can rest. They bring in special integrator Trent to get a confession out of Jason. Trent is best for getting confessions on the hardest cases to solve. They bring Jason in to the police headquarters to be interrogated by Trent. Trent does all he can to get a confession, but is it a real confession? Was Jason just persuaded to confess, was Jason an actual murderer, was he even capable of doing such a horrific crime, and to Alicia of all people I mean they were friends after all. After all does confessing to something change a person and the way they think after all is said and done? Maybe Jason was changed by these events and accusations that will later make him want to act upon the questioning and wondering that has now filled his head? This book will leave you thinking and wondering once you read it and come to the shocking end.
—Candace
