No Easy Answers

No Easy Answers

2002 • 281 pages

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Average rating4.5

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As someone who typically doesn't care for memiors or similar types of writing, I found this to be extremely compelling and something I often didn't want to put down. I wouldn't consider the writing to be exceptional or anything, but it conveys his emotions and frustrations so well. I felt transported back to high school and 1999. At times I felt Brooks was describing my own experiences with bullies, adults, and religion.

I lived about an hour outside of Littleton and was in school during the Columbine massacre, and it has taken me a long time to decide to revisit these stories. I think this was a good place to start.

April 8, 2019