Author: Matthew Quick
Release date: August 13, 2013
Pages: 273
Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock is the story of Leonard Peacock's final day. He has decided it's time to kill his former best friend as well as himself. He has presents for the few people he considers his friends and once those have been distributed his life can be done. The story is told from Leonard Peacock's point of view only and he is a bit of an unreliable narrator. Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock was not one of my favorites this semester. I found Leonard really hard to like and a little overdramatic. I also found the portrayal of his mom to be unrealistic. The story itself was good and covered a lot of really interesting topics but other than that it had very little to recommend itself to me.
Leonard Peacock is turning 18. And he wants to say goodbye.
Not to his former best friend, whose torments have driven him to consider committing something tragic and horrific.
Nor to his mum who's moved out and left him to fend form himself. But to his four friends. A Humphrey-Bogart-obsessed neighbour A teenage violin virtuoso A pastor's daughter A teacher
Most of the time, Leonard believes he's weird and sad but these friends have made him think that maybe he's not.
He wants to thank them, and bid them farewell.
Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock is definitely best read by older teens. The topics covered are very heavy and emotional. It could be read by a younger teen but there are some things that might be difficult to comprehend.
Themes:
- Forgiveness
- Death
- Religion
- Suicide
- Abuse
- Loss of Innocence
- Friendship
- Family
- Love
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Cuddlebuggery's review: "All in all, I’m really glad I decided to check Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock out."
Steph Su Reads' review: "FORGIVE ME, LEONARD PEACOCK is arguably one of the most explosive and important books of this year, but if you knew nothing about Matthew Quick, most famously the author of Silver Linings Playbook, you probably wouldn't expect it."
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