Freewill

Freewill

By: Chris Lynch

Harper Collins Publishers, 2001

After the death of his parents Will moves in with his grandparents and attends a special school. He is very talented with woodwork yet he is disappointed because he is supposed to be a pilot. Will's woodwork shows up at the scenes for teen suicides and he holds himself responsible for the deaths and soon the police suspect him as well. When Will's woodwork begins to disappear and strangers call believing Will to be a prophet he finds himself even more confused. Does Will even have the will to live? Make the title two words, Free Will, and its whole meaning changes. Will he be able to free himself from his grief or will he continue to believe that he is a carrier pigeon for death?

Personal Review: This book is very strange. The main character, Will, talks to himself throughout the book which made reading it confusing at first because I wasn't sure who he was talking to. As I continued to read the book I realized how much Will's grief consumed him. When I finished the book I had a lot of questions. This book was interesting and I recommend it to anyone who likes strange books! Warning: This book has a lot of swearing and the plot is based on death, specifically suicide.

160 pages