Boot Camp (novel): Difference between revisions

[[Kirkus Reviews]] wrote "Strasser explores the intriguing topic of militaristic boot camps, described as a secret prison system with 4,000 to 10,000 teens, but he undermines his effort with implausible characters and tedious violence."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/todd-strasser/boot-camp/ |website=https://www.kirkusreviews.com |title=Boot Camp |date=1 May 2007 |publisher=Kirkus Media LLC |accessdate=22 July 2015 }}</ref> where as [[Publishers Weekly]] found "Strasser paints his protagonist as heroic, sympathetic and rational (“The product Lake Harmony delivers is the child you always knew you had... not the one you got stuck with”), and when he is ultimately broken—bodily and spiritually—the tragedy is all the more profound. Strasser offers no easy answers, and nimbly navigates a host of moral gray areas."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-4169-0848-7 |website=http://www.publishersweekly.com |title=Boot Camp |publisher=PWxyz LLC |accessdate=22 July 2015 }}</ref>