(?) If King had let her readers discover that something was off in the little nameless town, Attack of the Black Rectangles would have been more effective for me as a reader.
They cancel Halloween, outlaw junk food, (can towns even do that?) rule out pizza delivery, and dictate what colors people can paint their controlling paint supply. There's a sixth-grade teacher who has Big-Brother-like control over Mac's hometown. I think King's narrative would have been much more effective if she'd let readers discover what was happening in the town à la The Giver. Mac's dad has serious mental problems, which leads up to stealing a vehicle and household items, but it's not named, discussed, or resolved in the narrative. Yet, she didn't even confront a very serious problem she sets up in the story. (Isn't this common knowledge by now? Why is this book trying to be a park sign? The ducks are never mentioned again.) It felt like King was trying to check off a list of issues to confront in the book, and she was racing around like this was Pokémon and she had to catch them all.
#Black rectangle mac#
Lest her readers feed ducks bread instead of bird-appropriate food at the park, King informs us via Mac that ducks can't eat bread. King lacks trust in her characters and her story to communicate her message-she lacks trust in her own storytelling abilities! Instead, she invades the otherwise authentic voice of her young protagonist with narrative didacticism, which has no place in effective fiction. And I'd just read The Devil's Arithmetic to gear up for it. I was really looking forward to this read, but alas, it did not live up to the hype for me. Everyone should get that opportunity to feel that freedom. I'm proud to say that my parents encouraged me to be my true self and to read what makes me happy. Let the reader decide and then they can make an opinion. We as a society should not be telling people what they can and can't read. It truly made me want to sit here and cry.
I really loved this book and everyone should read this.Īttack of the Black Rectangles was such an amazing read. The family closeness, the deep bonding friendships, and sticking together in the worst of times made this an inspiring tale. Mac and his friends stood up for what they believed in and it made banned books week even more powerful. I'm sitting here trying not to cry at my desk. This book was so good and it made me emotional. That my friends is a story for another day. I guess this guy didn't get the memo about the Library being a place for everyone.
I've got a tale for you all about me being screamed at for the Library I work for posting about banned books. Don't like it? Don't look at it! Why can't everyone take that lead? I was taught early on in life that if I don't agree with something, I can act as if it doesn't exist. I just don't understand why you would want to take books out of people's hands because they go against whatever rule you think that they break. I mean, isn't it a lie to think you know better than everyone else?"īook banning is one thing that really gets me angry. "I think lies are the same as crossing out words in a book.
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