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The Boy Inside: a powerful thriller about the choices we make

The Blurb:

How can you make the right decisions if everything you’ve been told is a lie?

With absent parents and broken friends, twenty-one year old Ben is making choices, which are ruining his life. In jail, again, he and his cellmate, Jake, take a hostage in a futile gesture against a system they can’t control.

This powerful, beautifully written novel gives a vivid and realistic picture of those we send to prison.

Who would you rely on if you were locked up?

Do we ask the most from the ones who have the least?

Life is never easy when you are a boy inside.

The Boy Inside is a truly harrowing drama with laugh-out-loud moments. It will appeal to fans of authors like Adam Croft, D.S. Butler and Casey Kelleher. It is loosely connected to Ross Greenwood's debut thriller, Lazy Blood which is also available now.

My thoughts:

The boy inside is a truly well versed and gritty read.

Ben and Jake are 2 boys from the wrong side of society, The part of society that runs side by side with all of us. After reading the brilliantly descriptive writing in this novel, i could immediately envisage the scenes and relate it to places i know.

Because of this, i could sympathise & empathise with (even though the story was grim and uncomfortable at times) Ben and Jake as they travel their path from childhood to prison. A childhood that was deprived and lacked the love and care we all expect to come naturally and that we believe each child deserves.

We follow their path from petty crime through to the point where they are now, barricaded in a cell in prison.

This is not an easy read, but it is a well told and gripping one. The author has a free flowing writing style which lends itself well to the story told. This is a crime book but not told in the traditional sense. What it actually is, is a way to enjoy your favourite genre from a different perspective. I would highly recommend this book, and this author.

Overall rating: 4/5 stars.