Title: Very well written, interesting plot, but it does have holes.
Product review: After, the twelth book written by Francine Prose, is basically an intelligent horror story. The book revolves around Tom, a high school student at Central High School. When several kids are shot at neighboring Pleasent Valley HS, Central turns into an almost fascist regime.The brilliant writing and creepy plot combine to make this a real page turner- but, unfortunatly, some elements of the plot border on being laughable. Parents being brainwashed from reading e-mails. A national, media-involved, apparently unmotivated conspiracy to send teenagers to death camps. The only thing that keeps this novel together is the quality of writing. Not only does it force you to keep a straight face when a girl is murdered for wearing a red ribbon- it makes it creepy.It's a perfect book up until halfway through. Until then, it almost seems like an allegory to Stalinist Russia or Nazi Germany. When the sense of reality is lost... so is the book.Buy it.
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