So with my horribly busy semester of the past seven weeks I have finally found time to read a book just for myself and not for school. I chose The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier. It takes place in an all boys Catholic school where a secret society entitled "The Vigils" run the school from backstage. This society gives the boys of the school secret missions they must perform in order to force the boys into submission to the school and the herd mentality of conformity. When an assignment to a freshman, Jerry, backfires the society does everything in their power to bring Jerry to his knees. This is a book about adolescents and trials of peer pressure at the absolute worst. It was a very catching read and had I not had hours of studying daily I would not have been able to put it down. But as it is I do so it may be a while before I can write up another review for some time.
