

Whiteness is the default Jordan is cued as Muslim. The narrative thoughtfully centers mental illness and touches on complex topics like suicide. Patterson’s author’s note includes a list of mental health resources and describes his experience of working as an aide in a psychiatric hospital when he was a teenager. The book sustains a breakneck pace with short chapters and many cliffhangers that will keep readers’ interest. Meanwhile, in the medieval England storyline, Hannah Dory tries to save her village from starvation by sneaking into the baron’s castle but finds herself swept up in a fight between the new baron and his rival. He decides to play detective and try to discover her history himself. Modern-day Hannah periodically enters a catatonic state, something the staff refer to as her “going to the castle.” Columbia psychology student Jordan Hassan is a new intern at Belman, and his interest is piqued by this girl no one knows much about. Hannah Doe is a resident of Belman Psychiatric Hospital in 2023 New York City, brought in after being found on the street experiencing hallucinations and screaming something about a castle. The lives of two girls named Hannah, living in different centuries on different continents, intersect.Įighteen-year-old Hannah Dory is an English peasant living a harsh existence in 1347. The main characters are White there is diversity in the supporting cast.

Backmatter directing readers to sexual assault resources would have elevated the title even further. Book clubs and discussion groups will have a lot to ponder. Other themes, such as Owen’s slow emergence from the closet and the milestone of his driver’s license, add additional complexity and humanity in support of the main storyline. The story is superbly told, and readers will be simultaneously on the edges of their seats as the narrative slowly draws closer to revealing the rapist’s identity and saddened by the waves of emotional and physical abuse Owen endures as he attempts to make the sexual assault investigation disappear. Once the rapist’s identity is discovered, the novel follows Owen in the immediate aftermath of the assault. Covering for the perpetrator causes stress across many areas of Owen’s life, from his relationship with his ex-military father-a man who is not proactively addressing his PTSD-to his friends and his girlfriend, Lily.

Owen is raped by someone he knows intimately while on the school’s annual trip for seniors. Note: When you embed the widget in your site, it will match your site's styles (CSS).Told in nonlinear chapters, the story follows Owen, a bisexual high schooler from small-town Pennsylvania who is on the autism spectrum.
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