This blog is a collection of book reviews, submitted as a final project for San Jose State University's LIBR 267, taught in Spring 2010 by Professor Joni Bodart.

Michelle M Coleman

Monday, May 17, 2010

Inexcusable by Chris Lynch

Lynch, Chris. Inexcusable. New York, NY: Antheneum, 2005. ISBN-10: 0-689-84789-0

Summary 
Keir Sarafian is a good guy. He plays football and soccer. He spends time with his dad. He is well liked and he likes being liked. It is important to Keir that people think he is a good guy. When Keir cripples a guy during football, he is glad that the investigation declared it an accident. Keir feels reaffirmed as a good guy. But Gigi acusses Keir of rape and that is something good guys don't do. Did Gigi misunderstand or is Keir distorting the facts to protect his good guy image?

Critical Evaluation
There's a lot going on in this book that isn't addressed. Keir and his father both drink heavily. At one point Keir takes drugs but it's unclear how often he does drugs or if its a factor in his behavior. Lynch implies that the football team is influencing the bad behavior but it is only implied. The best part of the story is the way Keir justifies his actions to himself, but since the reader only sees Keir side of things its hard to tell the depth of his delusion.

Reader's Annotation
Keir wants to be a good guy, but now Gigi is accusing Keir of something no good guy would ever do.

Bibliotherapeutic Usefulness 
Reconciling personal image with public perception

Genre and Subject 
Popularity, date rape.

Why I read it
 Deals with a similar topic as Breathing Underwater.

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