Please enable JavaScript
Love is the Higher Law review by LWin | LitPick Book Reviews
Love is the Higher Law review by LWin
Love Is the Higher Law
by David Levithan
Age Range - 12 and up
Genre - Fiction
Five Star Award

LitPick Review

Profile Picture
Age at time of review - 17
Reviewer's Location - Westerville, OH, United States
View LWin's profile

"Love is the Higher Law" is the story of three teenagers: Claire, Jasper, and Peter. They all live in New York City at the time of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centers. Each is affected in a different way. This book tells the tale of how they coped and how their lives were forever changed by the events on that fateful Tuesday morning.

Opinion: 

This book was extremely well-written. I have always been intrigued by books written about 9/11 and this was by far the best fictional account of the attacks I have ever read. David Levithan creates depth in his characters, something I find extremely rare and hard to accomplish. I felt a lot of sympathy for Claire, Jasper, and Peter, as all their worlds got flipped upside down. The book asks the ever-interesting question, "Where were you when the plane hit the first tower?" Levithan has written a wonderful and heart-wrenching novel that I will surely read again and again. I would recommend this for anyone who was old enough to remember the attacks, but too young to grasp the meaning, just like I was. At the time, I didn't realize the magnitude of the attacks and this book has helped me realize just how bad it was. An instant classic.

 

 

Rating:
5
Content Rating:

Content rating - mature content

Explain your content rating: 

Many instances of harsh language (including the f-bomb) and several sexual scenes.
KEYWORDS

Read more reviews by this Litpick Book Reviewer: LWin
Recommend this book and review to your friends on Facebook


RECENT BOOK REVIEWS