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REVIEWS: Rage
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The Guardian
GoodReads
Dead End Follies
Book Companion
Charlie Decker, Rage's protagonist – well, and
antagonist, really – goes into school one day, gets in trouble
with the principal (for physically threatening a teacher),
swears a lot, takes a gun from his locker, sets the locker on
fire, and then goes into his algebra class. After killing two
teachers he holds the rest of the class hostage, threatening
their lives if they don't play along with his demands. Over the
next four hours, Stockholm syndrome kicks in: the kids begin to
identify with Decker, themselves nearly killing the lone student
who holds out, and he releases them. He then attempts to get
himself killed by the police chief who comes to arrest him. He
fails.
Characters: 70. Amazon rating: 2 1/2 stars. Genre: Thriller.
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