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I recently reread The Lost Boys during my free time and forgot how much I liked it. I remember buying this book at a thrift store for 50 cent 5 years ago. I read it in 7th grade, thought nothing of it and put it away on a shelf to find myself rereading it my sophomore year. What caught my eye was the singular word "foster." My sophomore year of high school, I befriended someone who was a foster child. They would tell me why they were there and basic "get to know you" questions. It was a super hard subject for her to talk about and that was understandable. Yet, this book is worded perfectly to the point you can understand why it's a difficult subject to someone who experienced it first hand.
I feel like everyone should read this book or the prequel. I know that foster children are viewed badly in society and in my opinion its the dumbest, most ignorant thing ever. Why shame someone over something they can't control? Especially a minor that is still growing and understanding their surroundings. To go through something traumatic like that shouldn't be frowned apon.
Even though I'm not in the foster system I was still touched by this story. In the story there is a foster family that took Dave Pelzer in, the Cantanze family. While visually imagining the scenario in my head, I imagined a place I called home for most of my childhood, my babysitter's home. At the time, my mom was basically a single mom. My dad and her were always fighting and I never really understood why. My dad never really stuck around and still doesn't. My mom worked because we lived off a single paycheck. So naturally I spent a lot of time with my babysitter. I still remember the smell of her house. She treated me like one of her own and showered me with motherly love. I feel like some of that love comes from her always wanting a baby girl. She is the reason why my favorite food is sopa de letras. Her house felt like sunshine and so beautifully decorated. I will never forget her as she has a special place in my heart as my second mother. I wish I could catch up with her one day as I never said goodbye. I wonder if she would be proud of who I've become.
Here 2 quotes that had me running to go get my highlighter:
- "I love you, Dad," I said, looking across the empty table." (pg. 197)
This reminded me of the time I was admitted to a mental hospital from an attempt with my father's knowledge and he never came to visit me. He rarely visits me or calls me either way. People say to forgive him but I don't know if I can. Would you forgive him?
-"I just wanted to stay at a place that I could call home." (pg. 252)
The older I got, the more I stood out from my family. I was always the black sheep. I felt so out of place and still do. My only safe place is my bedroom where I'm shielded from the "jokes" my family makes that are just insults that aren't funny. A home is somewhere you feel safe and secure. I don't think this is it.
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Mar
I forgot to give it a rating !!
8.5/10
-1.5 points it sped through his teenage years in less than 50 pages. I guess it makes sense since most of the problem was when he was a child. I still recommend this book. I ordered the prequel off curiosity if its just as good or even better than this one.