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A gloriously creepy Deep South horror story based on the infamous Dozier School for boys, perfect for fans of The Only Good Indians and Nothing But Blackened Teeth.
Jim Crow Florida, 1950. Twelve-year-old Robert Stephens Jr., who for a trivial scuffle with a white boy is sent to The Gracetown School for Boys. But the segregated reformatory is a chamber of horrors, haunted by the boys that have died there. In order to survive the school governor and his Funhouse, Robert must enlist the help of the school's ghosts – only they have their own motivations...
My Thoughts on the Book
The Reformatory is one of those books that will probably stick with you for a while due to the themes in this book. While it has the ghost aspect, or haints as they're called, the human horror in this book is honestly more terrifying than the ghosts of the reformatory boys. The treatment of the boys at the reformatory and the racism in general were something that made my blood boil. In a way, one ends up rooting for Robbie and his sister, hoping that everything will work out for them in the end.
The Reformatory is one of those books where everything is top notch, the story, the plot, and the characters. So for me, it's a book worth reading and I would highly recommend people picking this one up. For me, it was probably one of my favourite horror books that I've read this year.
Jim Crow Florida, 1950. Twelve-year-old Robert Stephens Jr., who for a trivial scuffle with a white boy is sent to The Gracetown School for Boys. But the segregated reformatory is a chamber of horrors, haunted by the boys that have died there. In order to survive the school governor and his Funhouse, Robert must enlist the help of the school's ghosts – only they have their own motivations...
My Thoughts on the Book
The Reformatory is one of those books that will probably stick with you for a while due to the themes in this book. While it has the ghost aspect, or haints as they're called, the human horror in this book is honestly more terrifying than the ghosts of the reformatory boys. The treatment of the boys at the reformatory and the racism in general were something that made my blood boil. In a way, one ends up rooting for Robbie and his sister, hoping that everything will work out for them in the end.
The Reformatory is one of those books where everything is top notch, the story, the plot, and the characters. So for me, it's a book worth reading and I would highly recommend people picking this one up. For me, it was probably one of my favourite horror books that I've read this year.
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